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Nienhuys, Jan Willem; Nienhuys-Cheng, Shan-Hwei (1979).
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303:Since 2010, Nienhuys has been a fellow of the
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824:"Not locally compact monothetic groups. II"
736:"Not locally compact monothetic groups. II"
483:De Natuurwetten: van Archimedes tot Hawking
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394:(1988), with Shan-Hwei Nienhuys-Cheng.
348:(2007), with Shan-Hwei Nienhuys-Cheng.
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242:, and co-authored a book about China,
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305:Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
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626:Nienhuys, Jan Willem (1975).
572:"Differentiaalvergelijkingen"
570:Nienhuys, Jan Willem (1982).
429:(1996), Claude Benski et al.
362:(1997), with Marcel Hulspas.
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111:Jan Willem Nienhuys' voice
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