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Jerome I. Friedman: Particles, Protons, and Quarks

May 1, 2008

Jerome I. Friedman 1990 Nobel Prize, physics

Jerome I. Friedman gives a lunchtime talk and answers questions at the MIT Museum as a part of the 2008 Cambridge Science Festival.

Series:

Nobel Laureates Series

Topics: Science & Nature

Tags: atom | matter | nobel laureate | partical physics | universe | Physics | Profiles

Presented By WGBH, Cambridge Science Festival and MIT Museum:

Cambridge Science Festival

MIT Museum

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The humanities and the sciences (ACLS occasional paper)

Author: Susan Haack, Peter Galison, Jerome I Friedman

Publisher: American Council of Learned Societies (1999)

Binding: Paperback, 77 pages

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