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Yearning for the impossible: the surprising truths of mathematicsby John Stillwell

โœ Scribed by Review by: JENNIE GOLDING


Book ID
121880056
Publisher
The Mathematical Association
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
213 KB
Volume
92
Category
Article
ISSN
0025-5572

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