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When You Were a Tadpole I Was a Fish : And Other Speculations About This and That Martin Gardner

Author: Martin Gardner
Date: 25 Jun 2010
Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
Original Languages: English
Book Format: Hardback::272 pages
ISBN10: 0809087375
File size: 44 Mb
Dimension: 160.02x 233.68x 30.48mm::453.59g
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