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The chicken from Minsk

by Yuri B. Chernyak, Robert M. Rose, Joseph Latinsky

This volume presents a series of challenging mathematics and physics problems, including hints, solutions, and historical context regarding their origins and initial resolutions.

Accession 20792 ISBN 0465071279 Publisher Basic Books
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