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Modern Differential
Geometry for Physicists
World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics
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World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics - Vol. 61
Modern Differential
Geometry for Physicists
Second Edition
Chris J lsham
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Imperial College of Science, fechnolog y and Medicine
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World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics - Vol. 61
MODERN DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY FOR PHYSICISTS (2nd Edition)
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