"The Shape of Inner Space", Shing-Tung Yau, preview or $.47

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Searching for spinor info on Google books came up with some good basic reading on Calabi-Yau manifolds via the preview at,

https://books.google.com/books?id=6N6j9dBlh-0C&pg=PA131&dq=what is a spinor&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9GKsVLGQEqKCsQTt14KADA&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAjgo#v=onepage&q=what is a spinor&f=false

For sale at Amazon used for $.47 + shipping,

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003Z9JMOS/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Reading for free on Google when I realized its on my shelf.
 
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Actually its $0.47 + $3.99 for shipping = $4.46
 
jedishrfu said:
Actually its $0.47 + $3.99 for shipping = $4.46

You are right, I can't edit my post title can I?
 
No but I think Gold members can or mentors if requested.
 

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