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Atoms, Molecules and Photons

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This book deals with the microscopic building blocks of matter: atoms and molecules. These are the smallest particles responsible for the characteristic properties of gases, liquids and solids.

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Demtröder, W. (2018). Introduction. In: Atoms, Molecules and Photons. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55523-1_1

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