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    Nothing: A Very Short Introduction

    Frank Close (Professor of Theoretical Physics and Fellow of Exeter College, University of Oxford)

    What is ‘nothing’? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and history of…

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    Lucifer’s Legacy: The Meaning of Asymmetry

    Frank Close,Frank Close (Professor of Theoretical Physics Oxford University and Fellow in Physics Exeter College)

    Popular science writer’s cosmic tour of asymmetry ranges from development of human embryos to the mysterious Higgs boson, or God particle, and ongoing research at the CERN laboratory. 2000 edition.

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    Neutrino

    Frank Close (Professor of Theoretical Physics, Oxford University, and Fellow in Physics, Exeter College, Oxford)

    Neutrinos are as near to nothing as anything we know, and so elusive that they are almost invisible. Frank Close tells the story of the neutrino, explaining their growing significance…

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    The Infinity Puzzle: The personalities, politics, and extraordinary science behind the Higgs boson

    Frank Close (Professor of Theoretical Physics, Oxford University, and Fellow in Physics, Exeter College, Oxford)

    Forty years ago, three physicists - Peter Higgs, Gerard ‘t Hooft, and James Bjorken - made the spectacular breakthroughs that led to the world’s largest experiment, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider…

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    Nuclear Physics: A Very Short Introduction

    Frank Close (Professor Emeritus of theoretical physics, Oxford University, and fellow in physics, Exeter College Oxford)

    In this Very Short Introduction Frank Close describes the historical development of nuclear physics, our understanding of the nucleus, how nuclei form, and the applications of the field in medicine…

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