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The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew
Alan Lightman
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The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew
Alan Lightman
A series of beautifully written, intellectually thrilling essays (in the literary scientific tradition of Richard Feynman and Carl Sagan) by award-winning physicist and novelist Alan Lightman: The Accidental Universe is a meditation on the unexpected ways in which recent scientific findings have shaped our understanding of ourselves and our place in the cosmos.
176 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 1, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781472109187 |
| Publishers | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Pages | 176 |
| Dimensions | 132 × 206 × 18 mm · 272 g |
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