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Book Title: Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts : Volume I: the Heavens and the Earth
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Kerry Kuehn
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Philosophy & Social Aspects, Study & Teaching, Physics / General
Publisher: Springer NY
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Science
Item Weight: 30.7 Oz
Number of Pages: Xxvii, 396 Pages
