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Lucifer's Legacy: The Meaning of Asymmetry (Dover Books on Science)

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Lucifer's Legacy: The Meaning of Asymmetry (Dover Books on Science)

"This is Frank Close's masterpiece â€” his best book, and one of the very best introductions to physics for the layperson. Close is a master expositor." â€” The (London) Sunday Times
"Close's writing is beguiling, mingling personal and historical anecdote with carefully measured doses of exposition in such a way as to guide the reader painlessly into rather deep intellectual waters." â€” Nature
"Life, intrinsically related to asymmetries, is the theme of this book, and Close offers us an absorbing and scientifically correct account of symmetry and its deep implications." â€” CERN Courier
This thought-provoking work by a physicist and popular science writer explores the origins of asymmetry from the molecular level to that of the universe at large. Frank Close takes readers on a tour of asymmetry that ranges from the development of human embryos to the mysterious Higgs boson, or "God particle," and ongoing research at Switzerland's CERN laboratory.
Country USA
Brand Dover Publications
Manufacturer Dover Publications
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2013-12-18
UnitCount 1
UPCs 800759491674
EANs 9780486491677

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