The Edge of the Unknown: 101 Things You Don't Know About Science and No One Else Does Either

Trefil, James S.

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ISBN 10: 0395728622 ISBN 13: 9780395728628

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1996

Language: English

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Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 355 pages. Table of Connections, Index. First edition, first printing with full number line. A fascinating compendium of cutting edge scientific research and technical breakthroughs, coupled with astute and well informed predictions of future miracles from current inquiries. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.

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The Edge of the Unknown: 101 Things You Don't Know About Science and No One Else Does Either

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston

Publication Date

1996

Language

English

ISBN 10

0395728622

ISBN 13

9780395728628

Binding

Hardcover

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1st Edition

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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1.68 pounds

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A physicist and science commentator for National Public Radio offers an entertaining, highly accessible look at the most pressing questions in science today, including the likelihood of extra-terrestrial intelligence and of a medicinal cure for tumors.

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James Strefil is Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University.

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