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The harvest of a century: discoveries of modern physics in 100 episodes
Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press (2009)
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Physics was the leading science of the twentieth century and the book retraces important discoveries, made between 1895 and 2001, in 100 self-contained episodes. Each is a short story of the scientists involved, their time and their work. The book is richly illustrated byabout 600 portraits, photographs, and figures.
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