Plotting the pyramids
β Scribed by Gingerich, Owen
- Book ID
- 109771585
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 193 KB
- Volume
- 408
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/35042648
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