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How Nature Works: The Science Of Self-Organized Criticality

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Book Title: How Nature Works: The Science Of Self-Organized Criticality

Item Length: 9.3in

Item Width: 6.1in

Author: Per Bak

Publication Name: How NatureWorks : the Science of Self-Organized Criticality

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: Springer New York

Publication Year: 1996

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 20.2 Oz

Number of Pages: Xiii, 212 Pages

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