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Author(s): J. L. Bell
Title: Toposes and local set theories: An introduction
Additional book information: Oxford Logic Guides: 14, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1988, xii + 267 pp., $75.00. ISBN 0-19-853274-1


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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
J. Lambek

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 21 (1989), 325-332.
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1989-15849-7
PII: S 0273-0979(1989)15849-7




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