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Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics Paperback - 2000 - 1st Edition
by Kenneth W. Ford; John Archibald Wheeler
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From nuclear physics to quantum theory to relativity and gravitation, Wheeler's work has set the trajectory of research for half a century. In this rich autobiography, he reveals in colorful detail the excitement of each discovery, the character of each colleague, and the underlying passion for knowledge that drives him still.
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- Title Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics
- Author Kenneth W. Ford; John Archibald Wheeler
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition New
- Pages 390
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.s.a.
- Date 2000-02-17
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0393319911
- ISBN 9780393319910 / 0393319911
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.1 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm)
- Reading level 1220
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- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97044566
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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ON MONDAY, January 16, 1939, I taught my morning class at Princeton University, then took a train to New York and walked across town to the Hudson River dock where the Danish physicist Niels Bohr was scheduled to arrive on the MS Drottningholm.
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- New York Times, 02/27/2000, Page 36