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EVERYDAY THINGS
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EVERYDAY THINGS volume 1: REAL-LIFE CHEMISTRY
edited by NEIL SCHLAGER written by JUDSON KNIGHT A SCHLAGER INFORMATION GROUP BOOK
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S C I E N C E O F E V E RY DAY T H I N G S VOLUME 1
Re a l - L i f e c h e m i s t ry
A Schlager Information Group Book Neil Schlager, Editor Written by Judson Knight Gale Group Staff Kimberley A. McGrath, Senior Editor Maria Franklin, Permissions Manager Margaret A. Chamberlain, Permissions Specialist Shalice Shah-Caldwell, Permissions Associate Mary Beth Trimper, Manager, Composition and Electronic Prepress Evi Seoud, Assistant Manager, Composition and Electronic Prepress Dorothy Maki, Manufacturing Manager Rita Wimberley, Buyer Michelle DiMercurio, Senior Art Director Barbara J. Yarrow, Manager, Imaging and Multimedia Content Robyn V. Young, Project Manager, Imaging and Multimedia Content Leitha Etheridge-Sims, Mary K. Grimes, and David G. Oblender, Image Catalogers Pam A. Reed, Imaging Coordinator Randy Bassett, Imaging Supervisor Robert Duncan, Senior Imaging Specialist Dan Newell, Imaging Specialist While every effort has been made to ensure the reliability of the information presented in this publication, Gale Group does not guarantee the accuracy of the data contained herein. Gale accepts no payment for listing, and inclusion in the publication of any organization, agency, institution, publication, service, or individual does not imply endorsement of the editors and publisher. Errors brought to the attention of the publisher and