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Nonlinear Waves, Solitons and Chaos. By E. INFELD and G. ROWLANDS. Cambridge University Press, 1990. 423 pp. £45 or $85 (hardback), £17.50 or $29.95 (paperback).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

D. H. Peregrine
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 230 , September 1991 , pp. 692 - 693
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© 1991 Cambridge University Press

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