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Book Title: Thinking With Objects: The Transformation Of Mechanics In Th...
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Domenico Bertoloni Meli
Publication Name: Thinking with Objects : the Transformation of Mechanics in the Seventeenth Century
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Year: 2006
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Number of Pages: 408 Pages
