230 pp., ix. '1' in number line. Maroon faux-leather boards with brilliant gilt lettering on spine. White dustwrapper not price-clipped ($18.95) with title lettering in blue across top front cover, above blue and white photograph of a Neutrino Reaction taken at CERN, author name lettering in maroon across bottom front cover; white of dw is toned; 5/8" closed tear and associated wrinkle (NOW flat and backed by Archival tape, barely noticeable). Only flaw of book itself is small (3/16"), sideways 'v' mark on p.1, Prologue (appears like a pen mark or as an impertinence in the paper-making), else Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); no rubbing wear; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Book as artifact looks As New, unread. Good book for smart high school student, educated layperson, aspiring philosopher of physics: sophisticated book, but readable! From dustwrapper bio: "For over twenty years [the author] has made science intelligible to audiences ranging from junior high school students to the general public and Members of Congress." Ensemble essentially As New, arguably, Gift-Giving Quality or you may need new friends.

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Titel

Inventing reality: Physics as language (Wiley Science Editions)

Verlag

Wiley Science Editions / John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York Chichester Brisbane Singapore Toronto

Erscheinungsjahr

1988

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

0471613886

ISBN-13

9780471613886

Einband

Hardcover

Auflage

1st Edition

Zustand

Fine

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Fine

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This volume traces the history of the basic concepts in physics and the evolution of its language, showing that science is the imaginative creation of the inquisitive human mind. The author discusses the work of such scientists as Bohr, Einstein and Weinberg.

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