Fantastic realities 49 mind journeys and a trip to Stockholm

The fantastic reality that is modern physics is open for your exploration, guided by one of its primary architects and interpreters, Nobel Prize winner Frank Wilczek. Some jokes, some poems, and extracts from wife Betsy Devine's sparkling chronicle of what it's like to live through a Nobel...

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Main Authors Wilczek, Frank, Devine, Betsy
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd 2006
World Scientific
WORLD SCIENTIFIC
World Scientific Publishing
Subjects
All Popular Science Titles
General Physics
Physics
Physics > Miscellanea
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ISBN981256649X
9812566554
9789812566553
9789812566492
DOI10.1142/6019

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Summary:The fantastic reality that is modern physics is open for your exploration, guided by one of its primary architects and interpreters, Nobel Prize winner Frank Wilczek. Some jokes, some poems, and extracts from wife Betsy Devine's sparkling chronicle of what it's like to live through a Nobel Prize provide easy entertainment. There's also some history, some philosophy, some exposition of frontier science, and some frontier science, for your lasting edification. 49 pieces, including many from Wilczek's award-winning Reference Frame columns in Physics Today, and some never before published, are gathered by style and subject into a dozen chapters, each with a revealing, witty introduction.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references
ISBN:981256649X
9812566554
9789812566553
9789812566492
DOI:10.1142/6019