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  1. Enhancing Cosmetics

    May 14, 2012
    Vol. 90 | Iss. 20

  2. The Battle For The Lab

    May 7, 2012
    Vol. 90 | Iss. 19

  3. Top Instrument Firms

    April 30, 2012
    Vol. 90 | Iss. 18

  4. Structural Biology Team’s Rookie

    April 23, 2012
    Vol. 90 | Iss. 17

  5. Controlling The Code

    April 16, 2012
    Vol. 90 | Iss. 16

  6. The Mediterranean: Beneath The Surface

    April 9, 2012
    Vol. 90 | Iss. 15

  7. Chilly Outlook For Instruments

    April 2, 2012
    Vol. 90 | Iss. 14

  8. Big-Picture Thinker

    March 26, 2012
    Vol. 90 | Iss. 13

  9. Old Plastics, Fresh Dirt

    March 19, 2012
    Vol. 90 | Iss. 12

  10. Pharma Outsourcing

    March 12, 2012
    Vol. 90 | Iss. 11

  11. Petrochemicals

    March 5, 2012
    Vol. 90 | Iss. 10

  12. Dabbling In Fluorine

    February 27, 2012
    Vol. 90 | Iss. 9

  13. The Cholesterol Bet

    February 20, 2012
    Vol. 90 | Iss. 8
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Polanyi's Philosophy

One of the major scientist/philosophers of the 20th century meditates on Life Transcending Physics & Chemistry
August 21, 1967
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