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Book Title: Where Does the Weirdness Go? : Why Quantum Mechanics Is Strange, but Not As Strange As You Think
Item Length: 5.9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 9in
Author: David Lindley
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: General
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication Year: 1997
Genre: Science
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 268 Pages
