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Book Title: If A, Then B: How The World Discovered Logic
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Heidi White, Michael Shenefelt
Publication Name: IF A, Then B : How the World Discovered Logic
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2013
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
