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Why Things Are the Way They Are
Why Things Are the Way They Are
Author: B. S. Chandrasekhar
This fascinating book explains why the materials we can see and touch behave as they do. In a completely nontechnical style, using only basic arithmetic, the author explains how the properties of materials result from the way they are composed of atoms and why it is they have the properties they do: for example, why copper and rubies are colored...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521456609
ISBN-10: 0521456606
Publication Date: 11/13/1997
Pages: 264
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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