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Book Title: Everything And More: A Compact History Of Infinity
Item Length: 8.3in
Item Height: 1.1in
Item Width: 5.7in
Author: David Foster Wallace
Publication Name: Everything and more : a Compact History of Infinity
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Publication Year: 2003
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 332 Pages
