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  From Reviews of the First Edition: This splendid, at times humorous, and reasonably priced little book has much to commend it to undergraduate chemists and to other science students. --J. G. Farmer, University of Edinburgh Complex environmental issues are...

  When it is time to dispose of hazardous materials they cannot just be thrown out. This subject has become of increasing importance with recent reports of the detection of pharmaceuticals in the water supply Destruction of Hazardous Chemicals in the Laboratory...

  This is the first book to address the fundamental operation principles, device characteristics, and potential applications of various types of adaptive lenses. Setting out from basic material properties to device structures and performance, this volume covers...