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Tony Rothman's *Instant Physics* offers a streamlined, comprehensive overview of key physics topics, including thermodynamics and quantum mechanics. Designed as a remedial text, it features chapter summaries, a ‘who’s who’ section, biographical and historical tidbits, and a variety of visual aids such as illustrations, photographs, equations, and diagrams to aid understanding.
First publish date: 1995
Genre: Science/Physics
Authors: Tony Rothman
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