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A Nobel Laureate offers impressions and recollections of the development of modern physics. Rather than a chronological approach, Segre emphasizes interesting, complex personalities who often appear only in footnotes. Readers will find that this book adds considerably to their understanding of science and includes compelling topics of current interest. 1980 edition.Segre, Emilio is the author of 'From X-rays to Quarks Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries', published 2007 under ISBN 9780486457833 and ISBN 0486457834.
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