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Book Title: Qed And The Men Who Made It: Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, And ...
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 1.6in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: S. S. Schweber
Publication Name: Qed and the Men Who Made It : Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Series: Princeton Series in Physics Ser.
Publication Year: 1994
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 37 Oz
Number of Pages: 768 Pages
