The practice of theory. Accomplishing the impossible
β Scribed by W.N. Jennings
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1937
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Volume
- 223
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-0032
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