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1	Antimatter more books like this by Frank Close add to wishlist Antimatter explores a strange mirror world, where particles have identical yet opposite properties to those that make up the familiar matter we encounter everyday; where left becomes right, positive becomes negative; and where, should matter and antimatter meet, the two annihilate in a blinding flash of energy that makes even thermonuclear ... see all copies from $10.30! new only from $11.89! \| SVS
2	The Void more books like this by Frank Close add to wishlist What is 'the void'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - 'nothing' - exist? This little book explores the science and the history of the elusive void: from Aristotle who insisted that the vacuum was impossible, via the theories of Newton and Einstein, to our very latest discoveries and why they can tell us ... see all copies from $5.24! new only from $5.24! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Lucifer's Legacy: The Meaning of Asymmetry more books like this by Frank Close add to wishlist Modern scientific theory describes a uniformly perfect creation; a universe in which matter would have been destroyed within an instant of its appearance and where nothing that we now know could ever have happened. Human life itself seems lopsided, as the spherical embryo is transformed into a highly structured being with its internal organs ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $19.98! \| first editions
4	Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction more books like this by Frank Close add to wishlist In this compelling introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the universe, Frank Close takes us on a journey into the atom to examine known particles such as quarks, electrons, and the ghostly neutrino. Along the way he provides fascinating insights into how discoveries in particle physics have actually been made, and discusses how ... see all copies from $6.56! new only from $6.56! \| SVS
5	The Particle Odyssey: A Journey to the Heart of Matter more books like this by Frank Close, Michael Marten, Christine Sutton add to wishlist During the 20th century, scientists discovered what the Universe is made of; as the 21st century begins, they are preparing experiments to find out how it came to be like this. This great adventure, which will involve a metaphorical journey back in time to within a billionth of a second of the Big Bang, is the latest stage in the quest to ... see all copies from $6.28! new only from $6.28!
6	The Particle Explosion more books like this by Frank Close, Christine Sutton, Michael Marten add to wishlist This guide takes the reader on an illustrated journey into the sub-atomic world discovered by physicists over the past century. The authors describe the fundamental discoveries and the developments in equipment which have led to our current understanding of the nature of matter in the universe and the forces which govern its behaviour. Non ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Cosmic Onion: Quarks and the Nature of the Universe more books like this by Frank Close add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $33.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Apocalypse When?: Cosmic Catastrophe and the Fate of the Universe more books like this by Frank Close add to wishlist The latest evidence from space probes, cosmology, particle physics, and geology reveals a disturbing message: the earth is at risk from natural forces far beyond our control. Photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions
9	The New Cosmic Onion: Quarks and the Nature of the Universe more books like this by Frank Close add to wishlist 'Close is a lucid, reliable, and enthusiastic guide to the strange and wonderful microcosmic world that dwells deep within reality' - Frank Wilczek (Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics, MIT, and 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics). Not since Newton's apple has there been a physics phenomenon as deliciously appealing to the masses as Frank Close's ... see all copies from $16.40! new only from $35.74!
10	Electromagnetic Interactions and Hadronic Structure more books like this by Frank Close (Editor), Sandy Donnachie (Editor), Graham Shaw (Editor) add to wishlist The distribution of quarks within protons and neutrons, their interactions, and how they define the properties of protons, neutrons and nuclei, are subjects of major research worldwide. Written by leading experts in the field, both theoretical and experimental, this book provides an authoritative overview on the subject. The emphasis throughout ... see all copies from $54.70! new only from $54.70!
11	Introduction to Quarks & Partons more books like this by Frank Close add to wishlist see all copies from $48.97!
12	Fin. La Catastrofe Cosmica y El Destino del Universo more books like this by Frank Close add to wishlist Aunque nuestros conocimientos sobre la estructura do la materia y los origenes del universo han aumentado considerablemente durante las ultimas decadas, quedan aun grandes problemas a los que deba enfrentarse la fisica actual. Este libro, que puede servir de base para un curso de fisica moderna, se ocupa de esos problemas y explica, con gran ... see all copies from $47.65! new only from $47.65!
13 view cover	Too Hot to Handle: The Race for Cold Fusion more books like this by Frank Close add to wishlist The extraordinary story of the Pons and Fleischmann "discovery" of cold fusion in Salt Lake City in 1988, the enormous world-wide media excitement their announcement generated, and the military, political and scientific response to their findings, findings that proved to be irreproducible across the globe and that were to be embarrassedly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.64! \| first editions
14 view cover	Nothing more books like this by Frank Close add to wishlist What is 'nothing'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and the history of the elusive void: from Aristotle who insisted that the vacuum was impossible, via the theories of Newton and Einstein, to our very latest discoveries and why they can tell us ... see all copies from $6.57! new only from $6.57! \| SVS
15	Team teaching experiments more books like this by John James Close, William George Allan Rudd, Frank Plimmer add to wishlist see all copies from $19.53! first editions
16 view cover	Das Nichts Verstehen: Die Suche Nach Dem Vakuum Und die Entwicklung der Quantenphysik more books like this by Frank Close, Thomas Filk (Translator) add to wishlist Ein Buch A1/4ber das Nichts, kurz und knapp, von den Griechen bis zur modernen Kosmologie. Was ist das Nichts? Was bleibt A1/4brig, wenn man alle Materie wegnimmt? Kann es einen wirklich leeren Raum geben a " oder ist Nichts unmAglich? Dieses kleine Buch erkundet die Wissenschaft und die Geschichte der schwer fassbaren a ~Leere" a " von ... see all copies from $24.01! new only from $24.01! \| SVS
17	Close to cricket more books like this by D. Brian Close, Frank Taylor, sports writer add to wishlist see all copies from $13.30! first editions
18	Asymètrie, La Beautè Du Diable? : La Symètrie De L'Univers En Question by Frank Close add to wishlist see all copies from $68.50! new only from $68.50!

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