Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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989473
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Doc. No
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b743843
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Main Entry
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Bernstein, Jeremy,1929-
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Title & Author
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Physicists on Wall Street and other essays on science and society /\ Jeremy Bernstein.
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Publication Statement
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New York ;London :: Springer,, 2011.
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Page. NO
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1 volume :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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ISBN
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1441926240
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: 9781441926241
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Contents
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Economists. Options ; Black-scholes ; The rise and fall of the quants -- Scientists. Heisenberg in Poland ; The Orion ; Tales from South Africa ; A nuclear supermarket ; Ottavio Balkit : the life and times of Sir henry Wotton -- Linguists. The Spencers of Althorp and Sir William Jones : a love story ; All the glitters ; In a word, "lions" -- Fiction and stranger than fiction. The pianist, fiction and non-fiction ; Rocket science ; The science of Michel Thomas ; Topology ; What the #$*!? -- Author's note about "beating the system."
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Subject
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Science and civilization.
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Science-- Social aspects.
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Subject
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Science and civilization.
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Subject
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Science-- Social aspects.
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Dewey Classification
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306.45
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LC Classification
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Q171.B47 2010
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