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Drugs made to measure

Pharmaceuticals are crucial in our fight against disease but none are perfect


Fluorine - the organic chemist's must-have

In this second, completely revised and enlarged edition, Richard Chambers, a leading expert in the field, brings together everything of importance to fluorine in organic synthesis.


Nano A-Z

Nanotechnology has finally arrived in the mainstream of science.


Nitrogen and its place in modern agriculture

Imagine the current state of the world if chemists had not discovered how to produce nitrogenous fertilisers from atmospheric nitrogen on an industrial scale.


Rising bubbles

For the benefit of drinkers everywhere Gérard Liger-Belair, associate professor at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France, has written a book that attempts to explain some of the science that happens in a glass of champagne.


Stabilising food emulsions

Emulsifiers in food technology is a practical guide to currently permitted food emulsifiers in terms of their chemistry, manufacture, legal status, and emulsifying and other functional properties.


Symmetry at a molecular level

This book provides a welcome slant on molecular symmetry, for those who worry that rigid ball and stick point group arguments seem to ignore the geometrical distortions accompanying molecular vibrations.