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Book Title: Methods Of Thermodynamics
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Width: 5.3in.
Author: Howard R. Reiss
Publication Name: Methods of Thermodynamics
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication Year: 1997
Series: Dover Books ON Physics Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 10.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 238 Pages
