Taming the Atom: The Emergence of the Visible Microworld.

VON BAEYER, Hans Christian.

ISBN 10: 0679400397 ISBN 13: 9780679400394

Published by Random House,, NY:, 1992

Language: English

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Title

Taming the Atom: The Emergence of the Visible Microworld.

Publisher

Random House,, NY:

Publication Date

1992

Language

English

ISBN 10

0679400397

ISBN 13

9780679400394

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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A report from the frontiers of atomic physics reveals how scientists are realizing the quantum dreams of Einstein, Schro+a5dinger, and Bohr and studying a fantastic new world of intertwining waves and particles that make up physical reality.

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Hans Christian von Baeyer is Chancellor Professor of Physics at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. His essays in Discover, The Sciences, Reader�s Digest and The Gettysburg Review have won him several awards, including the 1990 Science Journalism Award of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a 1991 National Magazine Award. He has also written over seventy technical and popular articles.

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