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Book Title: Global Citizenship And The University: Advancing Social Life...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Klaus Hentschel
Publication Name: Einstein Tower : an Intertexture of Dynamic Construction, Relativity Theory, and Astronomy
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Series: Writing Science Ser.
Publication Year: 1997
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 244 Pages
