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Book Title: Scientists And Scoundrels: A Book Of Hoaxes
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.3in
Author: Robert Silverberg
Publication Name: Scientists and Scoundrels : a Book of Hoaxes
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication Year: 2007
Series: Extraordinary WORLD Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 10.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
