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Books: Some quirks among the quarks Strange Beauty: Murray Gell-Mann and the revolution in 20th-century physics by George Johnson Jonathan Cape, pounds 18.99, 434pp: In the biography of a world-beating scientist, how much does it matter that he's a show- off and a snob?
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The science magazine Nature arranged to celebrate its centenary in
November 1969 with a small public symposium addressed by four
luminaries of the time. One was Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the
structure of DNA. Another on the programme was Murray Gell-Mann, a
rising star from California who had already invented the notion that
the substance of the particles in the nuclei of atoms is made from
objects he called quarks.
Two days before the meeting in London, there came word that Gell-
Mann would not show up on medical advice: that he should not travel
by air with an ear infection. The ...
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Beyond Competition: The Economics of Mergers and Monopoly Power.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition and Economics Has Completed Its Review of Sanofi-Synthelabo's Proposed Acquisition of Aventis.
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Cable Undercuts Networks By Rerunning Current Hits; Competition Altering Economics of TV
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Integrating strategic behavior into competition analysis.(Economics)
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ENTERPRISES : GERMAN ACTION PLAN FOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES.(International competition (Economics))
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Competition law and economics; advances in competition policy and antitrust enforcement.(Brief article)(Book review)
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"Journal of Competition Law and Economics" from Oxford Univ. Press.
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