,About the Authors
Ian C. Stewart is a chemist at a petrochemical company. He formerly worked with Nobel
Prize-winning chemist Robert H. Grubbs and is the recipient of several fellowships. He
lives in Houston, Texas.
Justin P. Lomont is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow whose doc-
toral research at the University of California Berkeley focuses on organometallic reaction
mechanisms using ultra-fast infrared spectroscopy. He lives in Berkeley, California.
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Ian C. Stewart is a chemist at a petrochemical company. He formerly worked with Nobel
Prize-winning chemist Robert H. Grubbs and is the recipient of several fellowships. He
lives in Houston, Texas.
Justin P. Lomont is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow whose doc-
toral research at the University of California Berkeley focuses on organometallic reaction
mechanisms using ultra-fast infrared spectroscopy. He lives in Berkeley, California.
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2nd edition The Handy Personal Finance Answer Book
by Gina Misiroglu by Paul A. Tucci
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by Madelynn Dickerson by Naomi Zack
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by James Bobick, Naomi Balaban, Sandra ISBN: 978-1-57859-139-8
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Svarney by Lisa J. Cohen
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edition by John Renard
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by Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, James E.
Svarney Bobick, and Naomi E. Balaban
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by David L. Hudson Jr. by Kevin Hillstrom, Laurie Hillstrom, and Roger
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