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ALAN TURING'S AUTOMATIC COMPUTING ENGINE: THE MASTER CODEBREAKER'S STRUGGLE TO BUILD THE MODERN COMPUTER

  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: B. JACK COPELAND
  • PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $129.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0198565933
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    ART OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; V. 1, FASCICLE 1: MMIX: A RISC COMPUTER FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: KNUTH, DONALD ERVIN, 1938-
  • PUBLISHER: ADDISON-WESLEY
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $19.99 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0201853922
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    ART OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; V. 4, FASCICLE 2: GENERATING ALL TUPLES AND PERMUTATIONS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: KNUTH, DONALD ERVIN, 1938-
  • PUBLISHER: ADDISON-WESLEY
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $19.99 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0201853930
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    ART OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; V. 4, FASCICLE 3: GENERATING ALL COMBINATIONS AND PARTITIONS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: KNUTH, DONALD ERVIN, 1938-
  • PUBLISHER: ADDISON-WESLEY
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $19.99 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0201853949
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    ART OF INTRUSION: THE REAL STORIES BEHIND THE EXPLOITS OF HACKERS, INTRUDERS & DECEIVERS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: MITNICK, KEVIN D. (KEVIN DAVID), 1963-
  • PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $27.50 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0764569597
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    BASIC NOTIONS OF ALGEBRA; TRANS. BY MILES REID
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: SHAFAREVICH, IGOR R
  • PUBLISHER: SPRINGER
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $109.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 3540251774
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    BRUTE FORCE: CRACKING THE DATA ENCRYPTION STANDARD
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: CURTIN, MATT
  • PUBLISHER: COPERNICUS SPRINGER
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $25.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0387201092
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    CALCULUS GALLERY: MASTERPIECES FROM NEWTON TO LEBESGUE
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: DUNHAM, WILLIAM, 1947-
  • PUBLISHER: PRINCETON UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $29.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0691095655
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    CHANGE IS POSSIBLE: STORIES OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN MATHEMATICS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: KENSCHAFT, PATRICIA CLARK
  • PUBLISHER: AMER MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $28.75 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0821837486
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    COINCIDENCES, CHAOS, AND ALL THAT MATH JAZZ: MAKING LIGHT OF WEIGHTY IDEAS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: BURGER, EDWARD B., 1963-
  • PUBLISHER: W W NORTON
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0393059456
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    COMPLEXITIES: WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: BETTYE ANNE CASE
  • PUBLISHER: PRINCETON UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $35.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0691114625
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    COMPUTERS AND COMMERCE: A STUDY OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT AT ECKERT-MAUCHLY COMPUTER COMPANY, ENGINEERING RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, AND REMINGTON RAND, 1946-1957
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: NORBERG, ARTHUR L. (ARTHUR LAWRENCE), 1938-
  • PUBLISHER: MIT PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $40.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 026214090X
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    COMPUTERS: THE LIFE STORY OF A TECHNOLOGY
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: SWEDIN, ERIC G.
  • PUBLISHER: GREENWOOD
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $45.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0313331499
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    CONVERGING REALITIES: TOWARD A COMMON PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: OMNES, ROLAND
  • PUBLISHER: PRINCETON UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $29.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0691115303
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    DARK HERO OF THE INFORMATION AGE: IN SEARCH OF NORBERT WIENER, THE FATHER OF CYBERNETICS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: CONWAY, FLO
  • PUBLISHER: BASIC BOOKS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $27.50 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0738203688
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    DESCARTES' SECRET NOTEBOOK: A TRUE TALE OF MATHEMATICS, MYSTICISM, AND THE QUEST TO UNDERSTAND THE UNIVERSE
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: ACZEL, AMIR D.
  • PUBLISHER: BROADWAY BOOKS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0767920333
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    ELECTRONIC BRAINS: STORIES FROM THE DAWN OF THE COMPUTER AGE
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: HALLY, MIKE
  • PUBLISHER: NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $27.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0309096308
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    ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DATABASE TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: LAURA RIVERO. (WITH CONTRACT)
  • PUBLISHER: IDEA GROUP PUBLISHING
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $235.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1591405602
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    ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: MEHDI KHOSROW-POUR
  • PUBLISHER: IDEA GROUP PUBLISHING
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $1,125.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 159140553X
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    ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY AND NETWORKING
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: MARGHERITA PAGANI
  • PUBLISHER: IDEA GROUP PUBLISHING
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $495.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1591405610
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    EQUATION THAT COULDN'T BE SOLVED: HOW MATHEMATICAL GENIUS DISCOVERED THE LANGUAGE OF SYMMETRY
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: LIVIO, MARIO
  • PUBLISHER: SIMON & SCHUSTER
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $26.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0743258207
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    EQUATIONS: ICONS OF KNOWLEDGE
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: BAIS, SANDER
  • PUBLISHER: HARVARD UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $18.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0674019679
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    EUCLID IN THE RAINFOREST: DISCOVERING UNIVERSAL TRUTH IN LOGIC AND MATH
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: MAZUR, JOSEPH
  • PUBLISHER: PRENTICE HALL PTR
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0131479946
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    FLATLAND: A ROMANCE OF MANY DIMENSIONS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: ABBOTT, EDWIN A.
  • PUBLISHER: PROMETHEUS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $11.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 1591022967
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    FOUR PILLARS OF GEOMETRY
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: STILLWELL, JOHN
  • PUBLISHER: SPRINGER
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $49.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0387255303
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    GOD CREATED THE INTEGERS: THE MATHEMATICAL BREAKTHROUGHS THAT CHANGED HISTORY
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: STEPHEN HAWKING
  • PUBLISHER: RUNNING PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $29.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0762419229
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    GODEL'S THEOREM: AN INCOMPLETE GUIDE TO ITS USE AND ABUSE
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: FRANZEN, TORKEL
  • PUBLISHER: AK PETERS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $24.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 1568812388
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    GRAPHIC DISCOVERY: A TROUT IN THE MILK AND OTHER VISUAL ADVENTURES
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: WAINER, HOWARD
  • PUBLISHER: PRINCETON UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $29.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0691103011
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    HIDING IN THE MIRROR: THE MYSTERIOUS ALLURE OF EXTRA DIMENSIONS, FROM PLATO TO STRING THEORY AND BEYOND
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: KRAUSS, LAWRENCE M.
  • PUBLISHER: VIKING
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0670033952
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    ICON: STEVE JOBS, THE GREATEST SECOND ACT IN THE HISTORY OF BUSINESS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: YOUNG, JEFFREY S.
  • PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0471720836
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    INCOMPLETENESS: THE PROOF AND PARADOX OF KURT GODEL
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: GOLDSTEIN, REBECCA
  • PUBLISHER: W W NORTON
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $22.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0393051692
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    INFINITE ASCENT: A SHORT HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: BERLINSKI, DAVID
  • PUBLISHER: MODERN LIBRARY
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $21.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 067964234X
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    INFINITE BOOK: A SHORT GUIDE TO THE BOUNDLESS, TIMELESS AND ENDLESS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: BARROW, JOHN D.
  • PUBLISHER: PANTHEON
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $26.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0375422277
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    IRRATIONAL NUMBERS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: NIVEN, IVAN MORTON, 1915-
  • PUBLISHER: MATHEMATICAL ASSN AMERICA
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $39.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0883850389
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    LANDMARK WRITINGS IN WESTERN MATHEMATICS: 1640-1940
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: I. GRATTAN-GUINNESS
  • PUBLISHER: ELSEVIER
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $252.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0444508716
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    LIFEBOX, THE SEASHELL, AND THE SOUL: WHAT GNARLY COMPUTATION TAUGHT ME ABOUT ULTIMATE REALITY, THE MEANING OF LIFE, AND HOW TO BE HAPPY
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: RUCKER, RUDY
  • PUBLISHER: THUNDER'S MOUTH
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $35.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1560257229
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    LUCK, LOGIC, AND WHITE LIES: THE MATHEMATICS OF GAMES; TRANS. BY DAVID KRAMER
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: BEWERSDORFF, JORG
  • PUBLISHER: AK PETERS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $49.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 1568812108
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    MATH INSTINCT: WHY YOU'RE A MATHEMATICAL GENIUS (ALONG WITH LOBSTERS, BIRDS, CATS, AND DOGS)
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: DEVLIN, KEITH
  • PUBLISHER: THUNDER'S MOUTH
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $25.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1560256729
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    MATHEMATICAL GIFT, III: THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN TOPOLOGY, FUNCTIONS, GEOMETRY, AND ALGEBRA; TRANS. BY EIKO TYLER
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: SHIGA, KOJI, 1930-
  • PUBLISHER: AMER MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $28.75 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0821832840
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    META MATH!: THE QUEST FOR OMEGA
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: CHAITIN, GREGORY J.
  • PUBLISHER: PANTHEON
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $26.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0375423133
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    MYSTIC, GEOMETER, AND INTUITIONIST: THE LIFE OF L.E.J. BROUWER, 1881-1966; V. 2: HOPE AND DISILLUSION
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: DALEN, D. VAN (DIRK), 1932-
  • PUBLISHER: CLARENDON OXFORD
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $159.50 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0198516207
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    NEGATIVE MATH: HOW MATHEMATICAL RULES CAN BE POSITIVELY BENT
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: MARTINEZ, ALBERTO A.
  • PUBLISHER: PRINCETON UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2006
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0691123098
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    NUMBER: THE LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: DANTZIG, TOBIAS
  • PUBLISHER: PRENTICE HALL PTR
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $23.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0131856278
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    OPEN SOURCES 2: THE CONTINUING EVOLUTION
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: CHRIS DIBONA
  • PUBLISHER: O'REILLY MEDIA
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2006
  • $29.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0596008023
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    PEA & THE SUN: A MATHEMATICAL PARADOX
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: WAPNER, LEONARD M., 1948-
  • PUBLISHER: AK PETERS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $34.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1568812132
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    PRIME NUMBERS: THE MOST MYSTERIOUS FIGURES IN MATH
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: WELLS, D. G. (DAVID G.)
  • PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0471462349
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    R.L. MOORE: MATHEMATICIAN AND TEACHER
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: PARKER, JOHN
  • PUBLISHER: MATHEMATICAL ASSN AMERICA
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $46.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 088385550X
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    REVOLUTION IN THE VALLEY
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: HERTZFELD, ANDY
  • PUBLISHER: O'REILLY MEDIA
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0596007191
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    SAUNDERS MACLANE: A MATHEMATICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: MACLANE, SAUNDERS, 1909-
  • PUBLISHER: AK PETERS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $39.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1568811500
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    STALKING THE RIEMANN HYPOTHESIS: THE QUEST TO FIND THE HIDDEN LAW OF PRIME NUMBERS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: ROCKMORE, DANIEL N. (DANIEL NAHUM)
  • PUBLISHER: PANTHEON
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $25.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 037542136X
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    TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN MATHEMATICS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: SCHWARTZ, SYDNEY L. (SYDNEY LISBETH)
  • PUBLISHER: PRAEGER
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $49.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0275982165
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    TRIBUTE TO A MATHEMAGICIAN
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: BARRY CIPRA
  • PUBLISHER: AK PETERS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $38.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1568812043
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    TRIUMPH OF NUMBERS: HOW COUNTING SHAPED MODERN LIFE
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: COHEN, I. BERNARD, 1914-
  • PUBLISHER: W W NORTON
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0393057690
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    USA AND INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIADS; 2004
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: TITU ANDREESCU
  • PUBLISHER: MATHEMATICAL ASSN AMERICA
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $31.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0883858193
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    WHAT THE DORMOUSE SAID: HOW THE SIXTIES COUNTERCULTURE SHAPED THE PERSONAL COMPUTER INDUSTRY
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: MARKOFF, JOHN
  • PUBLISHER: VIKING
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $25.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0670033820
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    WHEN COMPUTERS WERE HUMAN
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: GRIER, DAVID ALAN, 1955-
  • PUBLISHER: PRINCETON UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $35.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0691091579
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    YOU FAILED YOUR MATH TEST, COMRADE EINSTEIN: ADVENTURES AND MISDVENTURES OF YOUNG MATHEMATICIANS, OR TEST YOUR SKILLS IN ALMOST RECREATIONAL MATHEMATICS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: M. SHIFMAN
  • PUBLISHER: WORLD SCIENTIFIC
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $58.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 981256358X
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    YOU FAILED YOUR MATH TEST, COMRADE EINSTEIN: ADVENTURES AND MISDVENTURES OF YOUNG MATHEMATICIANS, OR TEST YOUR SKILLS IN ALMOST RECREATIONAL MATHEMATICS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: M. SHIFMAN
  • PUBLISHER: WORLD SCIENTIFIC
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $32.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 9812562796
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