Perfect symmetry : the accidental discovery of buckminsterfullerene / Jim Baggott.
Perfect symmetry : the accidental discovery of buckminsterfullerene / Jim Baggott.
Perfect symmetry : the accidental discovery of buckminsterfullerene / Jim Baggott.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Date
1994.
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T0389499
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English
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ix, 315 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. From space to symmetry. 1. The last great problem in astronomy. 2. Some kind of junk. 3. Welcome to the machine. 4. The Lone Ranger. 5. Buckminsterfullerene -- Pt. II. From symmetry to substance. 6. Form and geometry. 7. The fullerene zoo. 8. Pathological science. 9. A crazy idea. 10. Fulleri...
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
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England
Date Published
1994.
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In Perfect symmetry, prize-winning science writer Jim Baggott tells the story of the accidental discovery of buckminsterfullerene, from its origins in the cold chemistry of interstellar clouds to the development of the fast-growing field of fullerene science. It is a story full of surprises....
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Perfect symmetry : the accidental discovery of buckminsterfullerene / Jim Baggott.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-306) and indexes.
Transferred from N546.68142/1.
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T0389499
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74VMBaGQNg3l
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0198557892 (acid-free paper)
9780198557906 (acid-free paper)
0198557906 (acid-free paper)
9780198557890 (acid-free paper)
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546.68142/1
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991002392509702626
