Classical Electrodynamics: From Image Charges to the Photon Mass and Magnetic Monopoles (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics) by Francesco Lacava
English | 26 Aug. 2016 | ISBN: 3319394738 | 212 Pages | PDF (True) | 4.49 MB
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Abstract Expressionism was the defining movement in American art during the years following World War II, making New York City the center of the international art scene. But what the heck did it mean! The drips, the spills, the splashes, the blotches of color, the wild spontaneous energy-signifying what?
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