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Book Title: Eight Lectures On Theoretical Physics
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Width: 5.4in.
Author: MAX Planck
Publication Name: Eight Lectures ON Theoretical Physics
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: Reprint
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication Year: 1997
Series: Dover Books ON Physics Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 7.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
