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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 95th edition
by Publication Date: 2013A vast almanac of facts, tables, and statistics about mathematics and the physical world. It is one of the most used handbooks in the sciences.
Ebook
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Burger's Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery and Development
ISBN: 9780471266945ebook (current NU only)--online version of the 7th Edition of the major reference work, covering medicinal chemistry and drug discovery for new, as well as experienced, medicinal chemists, biologists, pharmacologists, and molecular biologists.
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