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Book Information
Author(s):
Robin Hartshorne
Title:
Geometry: Euclid and beyond
Additional book information:
Springer-Verlag,
New York,
2000,
xi+526,
$49.95,
ISBN 0-387-98650-2
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Additional Information:
Reviewer(s):
David
W.
Henderson
Affiliation:
Cornell University
Email:
dwh2@cornell.edu
Review Information:
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
39
(2002),
563-571.
MSC
(2000):
Primary 51-01
PII:
S 0273-0979(02)00949-7
Posted:
July 9, 2002
Copyright of article:
Copyright
2002,
American Mathematical Society
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