Book review: The Wiley encyclopaedia of energy and the environment. By Attilio Bisio & Sharon Boots, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, 1997, 1562 pp, price UK£160.00. ISBN 0 471 14827 X
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- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 93 KB
- Volume
- 73
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0268-2575
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