Great physicists : the life and times of leading physicists from Galileo to Hawking /

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Author / Creator:Cropper, William H.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Description:xii, 500 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4557363
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ISBN:0195137485 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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