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Food Science

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
by Harold Mcgee
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Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking is a kitchen classic. Hailed by Time magazine as "a minor masterpiece" when it first appeared in 1984, On Food and Cooking is the bible to which food lovers and professional chefs worldwide turn for an understanding of... (read more)
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An Introduction To Theoretical Chemistry An Introduction To Theoretical Chemistry
by Jack Simons
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Textbook on modern theoretical chemistry suitable for advanced undergraduate or graduate students.... (read more)
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Used Books

Madame Curie :a biography Madame Curie :a biography
by Eve Curie
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Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867—1934) was the first woman scientist to win worldwide fame, and indeed, one of the great scientists of this century. Winner of two Nobel Prizes (for physics in 1903 and for chemistry in 1911), she performed pioneering... (read more)
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General

The Periodic Table: Elements with Style
by Adrian Dingle
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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)
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Curiosities

Lee's Priceless Recipes
by N T Oliver
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At the turn of the 20th century, it was popular to publish books that professed to include virtually all knowledge to date. Most popular of the genre were the books of "secret" recipes, revealing industrial secrets to the layman. First published in... (read more)
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Chemical Engineering

Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer
by Maureen Ogle
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In the first-ever history of American beer, Maureen Ogle tells its epic story, from the immigrants who invented it to the upstart microbrewers who revived it. Beer might seem as American as baseball, but that has not always been true: Rum and whiskey... (read more)
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Organic

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Organic Chemistry (Complete Idiot's Guides)
by Ian Guch
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An easy formula for success. With topics such as stereochemistry, carboxylic acids, and unsaturated hydrocarbons, it's no wonder so many students have a bad reaction to organic chemistry class. Fortunately, this guide gives college students who are... (read more)
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Biochemistry

Essential Biochemistry - With CD (04 Edition)
by Charlotte W. Pratt
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This new biochemistry text features a modern, chemical approach, always explaining the underlying chemistry of key biochemical molecules and reactions while taking advantage of recent developments. Features a true thematic and modern approach with a... (read more)
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Physical Chemistry

Molecular Structure Description: The Electrotopological State with CDROM
by Lemont B Kier
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The Electrotopo- Logical State (Book with CD-ROM) with... (read more)
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Analytic

Glow Discharge Plasmas in Analytical Spectroscopy
by Kenneth Marcus
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Glow Discharge (GD) has many advantages over Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) for both mass spectrometry and atomic absorption spectroscopy. This book fills the need for comprehensive information of the state of the art of GD.... (read more)
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Study Guides

Schaums Outline of Beginning Chemist 3RD Edition
by David E Goldberg
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This clear and complete guide to the fundamentals of chemistry features course material in a succinct outline form, together with hundreds of detailed, fully solved problems. A perfect companion to most standard texts, this third edition has been updated... (read more)
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Polymers

Special polymers for electronics and optoelectronics
by J A Chilton
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This text provides a comprehensive and up to date overview of those polymers most often used in the manufacture of electronic and optoelectronic components. Detailed information on the characteristics of each different material is given before their... (read more)
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On Food and Cooking
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    by Michael Ruhlman
  3. Wild Fermentation
    by Sandor Ellix Katz
  4. Complete Joy of Homebrewing 3RD Edition
    by Charlie Papazian
  5. The Periodic Table
    by Adrian Dingle
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