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Nationalizing Science: Adolphe Wurtz and the Battle for French Chemistry (Transformations: Studies on History of Science & Technology) by Alan J Rocke Publisher Comments In 1869, Adolphe Wurtz (1817-1884) called chemistry a French science. In fact, however, Wurtz was the most internationalist of French chemists. Born in Strasbourg and educated partly in the laboratory of the great Justus Liebig, he spent his career in... (read more) List Price $58.25 Your price: $4.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Polymer Dynamics and Relaxation by Richard Boyd Publisher Comments Polymers exhibit a range of physical characteristics, from rubber-like elasticity to the glassy state. These particular properties are controlled at the molecular level by the mobility of the structural constituents. Remarkable changes in mobility can be... (read more) List Price $205.50 Your price: $44.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Painless Chemistry (Barron's Painless) by Loris Chen Publisher Comments (back cover) Really. This won't hurt at all . . . The thought of having to learn chemistry once turned brave students into cowards . . . but no more! THE PAIN VANISHES WHEN YOU TRANSFORM CHEMISTRY PROBLEMS INTO FUN-- Learn how chemistry is connected with... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Group Theory in Chemistry and Spectroscopy: A Simple Guide to Advanced Usage by Boris S Tsukerblat Publisher Comments Geared toward chemists and experimental physicists, this handbook is accessible to undergraduate students. It introduces fundamental concepts with simple examples, relating them to specific chemical and physical problems. The main results of group theory... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc by Hugh Aldersey Williams Publisher Comments Like the alphabet, the calendar, or the zodiac, the periodic table of the chemical elements has a permanent place in our imagination. But aside from the handful of common ones (iron, carbon, copper, gold), the elements themselves remain wrapped in... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Periodic Table: Elements with Style by Adrian Dingle and Simon Basher Publisher Comments The Periodic Table introduces budding chemists to the world of the elements as it's never been seen before. Designed to resemble popular networking Web sites, the pages of this book feature "homepages" for each of the chemical elements -- complete with... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Much ADO about (Practically) Nothing: A History of the Noble Gases by David Fisher Publisher Comments The six noble gases--so-called because, like the nobility, they do no work--are the rarest elements on Earth. Comprising helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon, they are colorless, odorless, invisible gases that do not react with anything and... (read more) List Price $47.95 Your price: $8.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Methods in Molecular Biology #2120: Plant Hormones: Methods and Protocols by Sean Cutler Publisher Comments The last ten years have witnessed a monumental increase in our understanding of plant hormones. A decade ago, scientists were forced to rely on vague ideas about hormone action; today, these have been replaced by detailed molecular models. Given the... (read more) List Price $130.25 Your price: $70.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Anisotropic Organic Materials: Approaches to Polar Order (ACS Symposium) by Rainer Glaser Publisher Comments This book examines recent progress in the development and application of optical polymers, molecular crystals, crystals in liquids and liquid crystals. The accomplishment of a high macroscopic polarization is a key issue throughout which transcends the... (read more) List Price $135.00 Your price: $15.25 Sale - Hardcover
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Giant Molecules: From Nylon to Nanotubes by Walter Gratzer Publisher Comments Our lives are dominated by giant molecules, which have remarkable properties, some of which are only just being discovered and exploited by science, though many have long been exploited far more effectively by Nature. Giant molecules dominate our lives -... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Giant Molecules: From Nylon to Nanotubes by Walter Gratzer Publisher Comments Our lives are dominated by giant molecules, which have remarkable properties, some of which are only just being discovered and exploited by science, though many have long been exploited far more effectively by Nature. Giant molecules dominate our lives -... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Chemistry Demystified, 2nd Edition (Demystified) by Linda Williams Publisher Comments A PROVEN formula for mastering CHEMISTRY Trying to understand chemistry but feel like the information's just not bonding with your brain? Here's your solution. Chemistry Demystified, Second Edition, helps you grasp both fundamental and complex concepts... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Biochemistry Demystified (Demystified) by Sharon Walker Publisher Comments Learn BIOCHEMISTRY without stressing out your brain CELLSTrying to understand the chemical processes of living organisms but having trouble metabolizing the complex concepts? Here's your lifeline! Biochemistry Demystified helps synthesize your... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Theo Gray's Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do at Home, But Probably Shouldn't by Theodore Gray Publisher Comments Author of the best-selling book The Elements Theodore Gray demonstrates essential scientific principles through thrilling daredevil experiments. In Mad Science, Theodore Gray launches a toy rocket using the energy released from an Oreo cookie, ignites a... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks Publisher Comments Long before Oliver Sacks became a distinguished neurologist and bestselling writer, he was a small English boy fascinated by metals–also by chemical reactions (the louder and smellier the better), photography, squids and cuttlefish, H.G. Wells, and... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Interpretation of Radium 4TH Edition by Frederick Soddy Publisher Comments A Nobel Prizewinning chemist explains the nature of radioactivity and the structure of the atom in nontechnical language in this classic scientific text, appropriate for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students. Beginning with the discovery... (read more) List Price $57.50 Your price: $15.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Foundations of Laser Spectroscopy by Stig Stenholm Publisher Comments A simple presentation of the theoretical foundations of steady-state laser spectroscopy, this text helps students to apply theory to calculations with a systematic series of examples and exercises. Detailed derivations offer the opportunity to work out... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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AP Chemistry for Dummies (For Dummies) by Peter J Mikulecky Publisher Comments Get ready, get confident, and get your highest possible score! Gearing up for the AP Chemistry test? This practical guide is packed with all the resources and help you need to bring your skills up to college level. You'll find test-taking tactics and... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $12.99 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mendeleev on the Periodic Law: Selected Writings, 1869 - 1905 by Dmitri Iv Mendeleev Publisher Comments In 1869, the Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev revealed the underlying order of matter by organizing the elements into a periodic table. This is the first English-language collection of Mendeleev's most important writings on the periodic law... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Chemistry Demystified (Demystified) by Linda D Williams Publisher Comments - Current, real-world examples illustrate the essential nature of the basic elements as they form various states of gasses, liquids, and solids- Covers essentials such as understanding matter; chemcial building blocks; elements, electrons, and the... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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