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Book Title: Diversity And Complexity
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Diversity and Complexity
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2010
Subject: Sociology / General, History & Theory, General
Item Height: 0.7 in
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Political Science, Philosophy, Social Science
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Scott Page
Item Width: 5.5 in
Series: Primers in Complex Systems Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
