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The Unexpected Vista: A Physicist's View of Nature
The Unexpected Vista A Physicist's View of Nature Author:James S. Trefil One of the great rewards of hiking or backpacking is to follow a trail and, suddenly and without warning, top a hill or come to a break in the trees and see a panorama of the countryside laid out before you. Such experiences occur in intellectual life, too. This book shares with you some of the vistas seen by people trained in physics, the scien... more »ce that deals with the laws of matter and motion, and as such concerns itself with the inanimate world.« less