seminal book

collocation in English

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seminal
adjective
uk
/ˈsem.ɪ.nəl/us
/ˈsem.ə.nəl/
formal
containing important new ideas and having a great influence on ...
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book
noun
uk
/bʊk/us
/bʊk/
a written text that can be published in printed or ...
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(Definition ofseminalandbookfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This series includes state-of-the-art reference works,seminalbook-length monographs, and texts on the development of concepts and mental structures.
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Much of the appeal of thisseminalbooklies in the big theoretical and historical issues that it tackles.
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Aczel'sseminalbook(1988) on non-well-founded sets includes a brief historical survey.
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He is held in much higher esteem than most politicians by the services, and has written aseminalbookon the subject.
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In 1809 and 1841, he was the author of aseminalbook(republished in the 21st century) on conduct of courts-martial and martial law.
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A national bestseller, it became aseminalbookin the disability community and a frequent selection on high school reading lists.
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Thisseminalbookbuilt on his earlier work on the role of glucuronic acid in the metabolism of borneol.
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He wrote a number of seminal books on management of education in this period.
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Kalven is the author of a number of seminal books and articles.
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Starting in the late 1980s, he turned his attention to finance and produced seminal books on the mathematics of financial derivatives and the principles of financial engineering.
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