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Book Title: Through Two Doors at Once : the Elegant Experiment That Captures the Enigma of Our Quantum Reality
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Topic: Physics / Quantum Theory, Physics / Optics & Light, General, History
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2019
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Philosophy, Science
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Author: Anil Ananthaswamy
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
