{"product_id":"lucifers-legacy-the-meaning-of-asymmetry","title":"Lucifer's Legacy: The Meaning of Asymmetry","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLucifer's Legacy: The Meaning of Asymmetry\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eFrank Close\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780486491677\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eDover Publications\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2014\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eRevised\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e288\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\"This is Frank Close's masterpiece -- his best book, and one of the very best introductions to physics for the layperson. Close is a master expositor.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Close's writing is beguiling, mingling personal and historical anecdote with carefully measured doses of exposition in such a way as to guide the reader painlessly into rather deep intellectual waters.\" -- \u003ci\u003eN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eature\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Life, intrinsically related to asymmetries, is the theme of this book, and Close offers us an absorbing and scientifically correct account of symmetry and its deep implications.\" -- \u003ci\u003eCERN Courier\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThis thought-provoking work by a physicist and popular science writer explores the origins of asymmetry from the molecular level to that of the universe at large. Frank Close takes readers on a tour of asymmetry that ranges from the development of human embryos to the mysterious Higgs boson, or \"God particle,\" and ongoing research at Switzerland's CERN laboratory.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Lucifer's Legacy: The Meaning of Asymmetry | Frank Close | Paperback | 9780486491677 | Used: Good | Back Stacks R 1772328","offer_id":49575627686040,"sku":"1772328","price":174.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71sH3revVnL.jpg?v=1785266154","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/lucifers-legacy-the-meaning-of-asymmetry","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}