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Book Title: General Relativity : 1972 Lecture Notes
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 0.4in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: Robert Geroch
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Physics / Relativity
Publisher: Minkowski Institute Press
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: Science
Item Weight: 9.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 194 Pages
