Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Approach, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Engineering with Pearson eText - Access Card Package (4th Edition)

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Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland

Publisher: PEARSON

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