The scalar-tensor theory of gravitation /

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Author / Creator:Fujii, Yasunori.
Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Description:xv, 240 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4852539
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Other authors / contributors:Maeda, Keiichi, 1950-
ISBN:0521811597
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-236) and index.

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