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Jun 21, 2012 from the bestselling authors of why does emc2. As they say, the net result of these interactions is that the universe goes from. Jan 31, 2012 in the quantum universe, brian cox and jeff forshaw approach the world of quantum mechanics in the same way they did in why does emc2. And why, above all, can we be sure that the theory is good. Wonders of the universe is not only a book about the universe. Professor brian cox has recently written two wonderfull popular science books,the wonders of the solar system and the wonders of the universe tv series as well.
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