About the Author

Steven Holzner is an award-winning author of 94 books that have sold over 2 million copies and been translated into 18 languages. He served on the Physics faculty at Cornell University for more than a decade, teaching both Physics 101 and Physics 102. Dr. Holzner received his PhD in physics from Cornell and performed his undergrad work at MIT, where he has also served as a faculty member.

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