A to Z of Physicists
- ISBN-10
- 1438109229
- ISBN-13
- 9781438109220
- Category
- Physicists
- Pages
- 401
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01-01
- Publisher
- Infobase Publishing
- Authors
- Sharon Leiter, Darryl J. Leiter, Professor Paul Ward
Description
Profiles more than 150 scientists from around the world who made important contributions to the field of physics, including John Bardeen, Marie Curie, Robert Hooke, Lise Meitner, and Chien-Shiung Wu.
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