From quanta to quarks: more anecdotal history of physics

Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific (2007)
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Chapter Prologue “The scientific theory I like the best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline baggage.” Max Born Ever since, ...

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