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Book Title: Special Relativity
Item Length: 9.3in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Valerio Faraoni
Publication Name: Special Relativity
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
Publication Year: 2013
Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Number of Pages: Xviii, 304 Pages