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Chemistry World March 13, 2013 Phillip Broadwith	Deceived wisdom David Bradley subtitles his book 'why what you thought was right is wrong'. The idea is to examine common science misconceptions, old wives' tales and factoids that are perpetuated in our society in the form of 'received wisdom'.
Chemistry World March 8, 2013 Victor Chechik	Handbook of less common nanostructures The book by Kharisov et al. starts with a critical discussion of nanostructure synthesis. This concise description is very valuable and will be of use to any scientist working with nanomaterials.
Chemistry World March 6, 2013 Michal Leskes	Solid state NMR: basic principles & practice This book by Apperley et al., first considers different types of solids and their properties, followed by a detailed survey of the main NMR interactions and phenomena that govern the spectra.
Chemistry World March 1, 2013 Richard Toon	Is water H 2O? Evidence, realism and pluralism In his introduction, the author, Hasok Chang, comments that the intended audiences for this book are academic communities in the history and philosophy of science -- for research and for all levels of learning.
CRM March 2013 Judith Aquino	Required Reading: Building Authentic Customer Connections Welcome to the relationship era. In their new book, Can't Buy Me Like: How Authentic Customer Connections Drive Superior Results, Bob Garfield and Doug Levy, share lessons from successful campaigns.
IEEE Spectrum March 2013 Robert W. Lucky	Antifragile Systems Nassim Taleb's distinction between "robust" and "antifragile" is worth reflecting on. Evolution improves biological systems through survival of the fittest. Is there is a similar improvement in the performance of electronic systems?
Chemistry World February 27, 2013 John Blacker	Practical process research and development In the foreword to Neal Anderson's second edition of Practical Process Research and Development, Trevor Laird states that, in his opinion, this is the best book on process chemistry.
HBS Working Knowledge February 27, 2013	Sidetracked: Why Can't We Stick to the Plan? In her new book, Sidetracked, behavioral scientist and professor Francesca Gino explores the unexpected forces that often keep people from following through with their plans, both professional and personal.
Chemistry World February 26, 2013 Richard Henchman	Entropy and the second law: interpretation and misss-interpretationsss In the debate about the best way to teach and understand entropy in thermodynamics, Arieh Ben-Naim forcefully advocates the probabilistic interpretation of thermodynamic entropy in terms of (Claude) Shannon's measure of information.
Chemistry World February 25, 2013 Jonathan Wills	University intellectual property: a source of finance and impact Among the many texts that have been published recently on the topic of intellectual property exploitation, this book stands out for its focus on innovations developed within universities.
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