Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe
by Lederman, Leon M. and Christopher T. Hill
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1591022428
- ISBN 13
- 9781591022428
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2004. First edition (first printing) of this explication of symmetry theory, Emmy Noether's Theorem & its significance to modern physics; Lederman won the Nobel Prize in 1988. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book & jacket, paste-down endsheets discolored presumably by some adverse reaction between binding materials; else near fine. Text clean; 363 pages; index, notes, figures, equations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- u0385
- Title
- Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe
- Author
- Lederman, Leon M. and Christopher T. Hill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1591022428
- ISBN 13
- 9781591022428
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books
- Place of Publication
- Amherst, NY
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Cosmology, Physics, Mathematics, Laws of Physics, Unification Theory, Superstring Theory, Emmy Noether, Conservation of Energy, Big Bang, Quantum Mechanics
- Size
- Small Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Paste-down
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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