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Item Length: 10in
Item Height: 1.1in
Item Width: 7in
Author: Suzanne Sheffield
Publication Name: Women and Science : Social Impact and Interaction
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Series: Science and Society Ser.
Publication Year: 2005
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 27 Oz
Number of Pages: 448 Pages
