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ID21763
Author(s)Leighton, Ralph
Title

Tuva or bust!: Richard Feynman's last journey

Year1992
Pages254 p
PlaceLondon
PublsiherViking
Language(s)eng
SubjectsRussia, USSR, Russia (Federation) / Geography, Description and Travel  [Browse all]
Russia, USSR, Russia (Federation) / Science / Mathematics / Physics / Chemistry  [Browse all]
Feynman, Richard
NoteThe American Nobel-prize-winning physicist was fascinated by Tannu-Tuva and planned a journey there with Ralph Leighton; this book chronicles their battles with Soviet bureaucracy, the intervention of Soviet physicists and Leighton's eventual journey to Tannu-Tuva after Feynman's death. (Originally published: New York, Norton, 1991)
Mediumbook
HoldingsSearch WorldCat
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