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The Magicians: The visionaries who demonstrated the miraculous predictive power of science
Marcus Chown
A scintillating portrait of the most significant eureka moments in scientific history by the bestselling popular science writer. What does it feel like to understand something about the universe that no one has ever known before?
288 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 20, 2020 |
| ISBN13 | 9780571346394 |
| Publishers | Faber & Faber |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 233 × 154 × 23 mm · 386 g |
| Language | English |
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