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Lucifer's Legacy : The Meaning of Asymmetry
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Lucifer's Legacy : The Meaning of Asymmetry Hardcover - 2000

by Close, Frank

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A physicist presents a highly readable and entertaining exploration of asymmetry in the universe and an insider's look at the attempt to recreate the Big Bang in Switzerland in 2005. 20 line illustrations.

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  • Title Lucifer's Legacy : The Meaning of Asymmetry
  • Author Close, Frank
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • Date May 25, 2000
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP96132038
  • ISBN 9780198503804

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  • Boston Book Review, 07/01/2000, Page 31
  • Choice, 11/01/2000, Page 570
  • New York Times, 08/06/2000, Page 7

About the author

Frank Close is a well-known scientist and broadcaster. A particle physicist by training, he is currently based at CERN, Switzerland. In March 2000, he will assume a professorship in physics at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of several books, including The Cosmic Onion.