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A Brilliant Darkness: The Extraordinary Life and Disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the Troubled Genius of the Nuclear Age Hardcover - 2009

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  • Title A Brilliant Darkness: The Extraordinary Life and Disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the Troubled Genius of the Nuclear Age
  • Author Joao Magueijo
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York, NY
  • Date 2009-11-24
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780465009039 / 0465009034
  • Weight 1.12 lbs (0.51 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.36 x 6.4 x 1.02 in (23.77 x 16.26 x 2.59 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Historical
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Library of Congress subjects Neutrinos, Nuclear physicists - Italy
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009037678
  • Dewey Decimal Code 539.709

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Citations

  • Booklist, 12/15/2009, Page 6
  • Choice, 06/01/2010, Page 0
  • Chronicle of Higher Education, 01/08/2010, Page 18
  • Library Journal, 11/01/2009, Page 87
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/12/2009, Page 42
  • Scitech Book News, 03/01/2010, Page 35

About the author

Joao Magueijo has taught at Cambridge University, Princeton University, and the University of California, Berkeley. He currently holds a Chair in Theoretical Physics at Imperial College, London. Author of Faster Than the Speed of Light, he lives in London.
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