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Book Title: Quantum Mechanics: Historical Contingency And The Copenhagen...
Item Length: 0.9in
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Author: James T. Cushing
Publication Name: Quantum Mechanics : Historical Contingency and the Copenhagen Hegemony
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 1994
Series: Science and Its Conceptual Foundations Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 328 Pages
