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- Title Galileo's Reading
- Author Crystal Hall
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date 2014-01-20
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9781107047556 / 1107047552
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6 x 0.9 in (23.11 x 15.24 x 2.29 cm)
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- Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects
- Chronological Period: Modern
- Library of Congress subjects Galilei, Galileo, Ariosto, Lodovico
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013020833
- Dewey Decimal Code 195
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