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Type: Textbook
Book Title: Topological Imagination : Spheres, Edges, and Islands
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: History & Philosophy, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Epistemology, Aesthetics, Semiotics & Theory, Topology
Publication Year: 2016
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Mathematics, Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Science
Item Weight: 20 oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Angus Fletcher
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
