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Thirty years that shook physics : the story of quantum theory / George Gamow ; illustrations by the author.
Math/Physics/Astronomy Library QC174.12 .G35 1985
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gamow, George, 1904-1968.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quantum theory.
- Physics--History.
- Physics.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 224 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- 30 years that shook physics.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dover Publications, 1985.
- Summary:
- Lucid, accessible introduction to the influential theory of energy and matter features careful explanations of Dirac's anti-particles, Bohr's model of the atom, and much more. Numerous drawings. 1966 edition.
- Notes:
- Reprint. Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1966.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 048624895X
- OCLC:
- 11970045
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