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The Cambridge Guide to the Material World

by Rodney Cotterill

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Text and illustrations describe atoms, states of matter, specific classes of materials, minerals, the cell, and plant and animal life at the molecular level.

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Rodney Cotterill

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Genres: Science & Nature, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 500 — Natural sciences & mathematics Science Natural sciences and mathematics
LCC: QC173.3 .C66 — Science Physics Physics Atomic physics. Constitution and properties of matter
BISAC: TEC TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Materials Science General

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Published: 1985
Genres: Science & Nature, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 500
LCC: QC173.3 .C66

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