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• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
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• Release Date : 08 May 2024

The Earth contains a vast array of minerals, many with highly complex arrangements of atoms of several elements. David Vaughan explores the structure of minerals, the conditions under which they

• Publisher : OUP Oxford
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• Release Date : 23 October 2014

Minerals existed long before any forms of life, playing a key role in the origin and evolution of life; an interaction with biological systems that we are only now beginning

• Publisher : OUP Oxford
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• Release Date : 26 June 2014

Nutrition is a topic of wide interest and importance. In spite of growing understanding of the underlying biochemistry, and health campaigns such as 'five-a-day', increasing obesity and reported food allergies

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
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• Release Date : 22 May 2008

Modern Geography has come a long way from its roots in simply mapping and naming the regions of the world. Spanning both physical and human Geography, the discipline today is

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
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• Release Date : 01 December 2016

Rocks, more than anything else, underpin our lives. They make up the solid structure of the Earth and of other rocky planets, and are present at the cores of gas

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
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• Release Date : 24 March 2016

Crystals have fascinated us for centuries with their beauty and symmetry, and have often been invested with magical powers. The use of X-ray diffraction, first pioneered in 1912 by father and

• Publisher : OUP Oxford
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• Release Date : 08 April 2004

This Very Short Introduction traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances around them. Looking beyond

• Publisher : OUP Oxford
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• Release Date : 27 June 2013

In this wide-ranging Very Short Introduction to climate, Mark Maslin considers all aspects of the global climate system, exploring and explaining the different components that control climate on Earth. He

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
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• Release Date : 26 November 2015

Proving to be both varied and fascinating, moons are far more common than planets in our Solar System. Our own Moon has had a profound influence on Earth, not only

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
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• Release Date : 01 December 2016

Rocks, more than anything else, underpin our lives. They make up the solid structure of the Earth and of other rocky planets, and are present at the cores of gas