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Voyage through time : walks of life to the Nobel Prize /

From a beginning in an Egyptian delta town and the port of Alexandriato the scenic vistas of sunny southern California, Ahmed Zewail takesus on a voyage through time — his own life and the split-secondworld of the femtosecond. In this endearing exposé of his life andwork until his receipt of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zewail, Ahmed H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • First steps : on the banks of the Nile
  • The gate to science : the Alexandria years
  • The American encounter : Independence in Philadelphia
  • California gold : from Berkeley to Pasadena
  • The invisible atom : close-up at Caltech
  • The race against time : six millennia to femtotime
  • Time and matter : the femtouniverse in perspective
  • On the road to Stockholm : festivities and fairy tales
  • A personal vision : the world of the have-nots
  • Walks to the future : my hope for Egypt and America
  • Epilogue : success, is there a formula?