{"product_id":"9780486491677","title":"Lucifer's Legacy: The Meaning of Asymmetry","description":"\"This is Frank Close's masterpiece — his best book, and one of the very best introductions to physics for the layperson. Close is a master expositor.\" — \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Close's writing is beguiling, mingling personal and historical anecdote with carefully measured doses of exposition in such a way as to guide the reader painlessly into rather deep intellectual waters.\" — \u003ci\u003eN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eature\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Life, intrinsically related to asymmetries, is the theme of this book, and Close offers us an absorbing and scientifically correct account of symmetry and its deep implications.\" — \u003ci\u003eCERN Courier\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThis thought-provoking work by a physicist and popular science writer explores the origins of asymmetry from the molecular level to that of the universe at large. Frank Close takes readers on a tour of asymmetry that ranges from the development of human embryos to the mysterious Higgs boson, or \"God particle,\" and ongoing research at Switzerland's CERN laboratory.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026074484976,"sku":"9780486491677","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780486491677_p0.jpg?v=1763708876","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780486491677","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}