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Book Title: Real Computing Made Real: Preventing Errors In Scientific An...
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Height: 0.6in.
Item Width: 5.6in.
Author: Forman S. Acton
Publication Name: Real Computing Made Real : Preventing Errors in Scientific and Engineering Calculations
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Series: Dover Books ON Computer Science Ser.
Publication Year: 2005
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages