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Have you ever wanted to write your own book and get it published. As one of the commissioning editors at an online publishing house specialised in etextbooks, i have been at the coalface of this new form of dialogue between. Feynmans lectures must have been marvellous and they have been turned into an equally entrancing book, a vivid introduction to qed which is leavened and enlivened by his wit. Have you used lulu or any other self publishing utility to put your kids work into a book. Lets be honest, the title of this book sucked me in. At a college reunion in california, 100 alumni received a book called that was then, this is now.
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Another pedagogical text, this book presents, detail by detail, qed the old fashioned way, the way people, including feynman, first developed qed. This is one of those turnmyblogintoabestseller books. Nov 30, 2015 here are some tips for publishing class books of your own. The strange theory of light and matter princeton science library. This is the best option if youre not able to design the cover on your own but have something complex in mind for your cover.
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