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Mathematics, Nonfiction, Encyclopedias, Wiskunde, MathematikShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes
August 11, 2004, Wiley
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0471270474 9780471270478
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The Universal Book of Mathematics
2004, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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0471667005 9780471667001
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