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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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MathSciNet review: 1568003
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Book Information:

Author: Charles Nash
Title: Differential topology and quantum field theory
Additional book information: Academic Press, New York, 1991, 386 pp., US$59.95. ISBN 0-12-514075-4.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: Daniel S. Freed
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 28 (1993), 153-157
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1993-00340-9