Copyright © 2012 by Jim Al-Khalili

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Originally published in the United Kingdom by Transworld Publishers, a division of The Random House Group, Ltd., London.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Al-Khalili, Jim, 1962-
Paradox: the nine greatest enigmas in physics / Jim Al-Khalili. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Science—Miscellanea. I. Title.

Q173.A395 2012
500—dc23      2012005011

eISBN: 978-0-307-98680-1

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