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This new edition of a long-standing staple of science reference collections doubles the number of entries of its 1984 predecessor, though it still appears in a single volume. Taking a broad view of chemistry as the central science, the 2750 entries also cover related areas in physics, engineering, geology, biology, and agriculture and address such emerging disciplines as green chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, and nanotechnology. More than 1350 are entirely new, including the useful addition of short biographical entries whose subjects include all winners of the Nobel prize for chemistry; many other entries have been significantly updated or rew...Log In or Sign Up to Read More