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Oxford University Press eBooks

Further reading

P. Anthony Cox

Published Jan 25, 1996• 0 citations
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Books marked * are more advanced, and not recommended for beginners. Historical and philosophical background J. C. Polkinghorne, The quantum world, Penguin Books, Harmondsworth (1986). *J. Baggott, The meaning of the quantum theory, Oxford University Press (1992). Applications in atomic and molecular spectroscopy T. P....
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10.1093/hesc/9780198559160.003.0006

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