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Book Title: Mathematical Reasoning: Patterns, Problems, Conjectures, And...
Number of Pages: 596 Pages
Publication Name: Mathematical Reasoning : Patterns, Problems, Conjectures, and Proofs
Language: English
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Subject: Decision-Making & Problem Solving, General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Logic, Mathematical Analysis
Item Height: 1.5 in
Publication Year: 2009
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Mathematics, Philosophy, Education, Psychology
Author: Raymond Nickerson
Item Length: 9.1 in
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
