{"product_id":"books-lucifer-s-legacy-by-frank-close","title":"Lucifer'S Legacy","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\u003eClose'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\u003eLife, 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":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673333489937,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780486491677.jpg?v=1781525009","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-lucifer-s-legacy-by-frank-close","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}