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- ISBN10 0471986240
- ISBN13 9780471986249
- Publish Date 15 January 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 September 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 372
- Language English