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Lucifer's legacy : the meaning of asymmetry / Frank Close.
Van Pelt Library QC174.17.S9 C56 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Close, F. E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Symmetry (Physics).
- Physical Description:
- 259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- A physicist presents a highly readable and entertaining exploration of asymmetry in the universe and an insider's look at the attempt to recreate the Big Bang in Switzerland in 2005. 20 line illustrations.
- Contents:
- 1 Lucifer 1
- 2 Symmetry at large 11
- 3 Through the looking glass 31
- 4 Mirror molecules and the origins of life 59
- 5 Unearthly visions 77
- 6 'Electrick virtue' 99
- 7 The heart of the matter 115
- 8 A glimpse of symmetry 137
- 9 Lost symmetries 157
- 10 Nature's sleight of hand 181
- 11 Antimatter matters 197
- 12 Back to the future 215
- 13 Lucifer's legacy 233.
- Notes:
- Errata slip inserted.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0198503806
- OCLC:
- 42690102
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