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A.jBaker,jModernjPhysicsjandjAnti-Physicsj(Addison-Wesley,j1970).
F.jCapra,jThejTaojofjPhysicsj(ShambhalajPublications,j1975).
K.jFord,jQuantumjPhysicsjforjEveryonej(HarvardjUniversityjPress,j2005).
G.jGamow,jThirtyjYearsjthatjShookjPhysicsj(Doubleday,j1966).
R.jMarch,jPhysicsjforjPoetsj(McGraw-Hill,j1978).
E.jSegre,jFromjX-RaysjtojQuarks:jModernjPhysicistsjandjtheirjDiscoveriesj(Freeman,j1980).
G.jL.jTrigg,jLandmarkjExperimentsjinjTwentiethjCenturyjPhysicsj(Crane,jRussak,j1975).
F.jA.jWolf,jTakingjthejQuantumjLeapj(Harperj&jRow,j1989).
G.jZukav,jThejDancingjWujLijMasters,jAnjOverviewjofjthejNewjPhysicsj(Morrow,j1979).
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