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Vibrational Spectroscopy of Polymers: Principles and Practice Edited by Neil J. Everall (ICI Measurement Science Group, Wilton, U.K.), John M. Chalmers (VS Consulting, Stokesley, U.K.), and Peter R. Griffiths (University of Idaho, Moscow, ID). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester. 2007. xii + 574 pp. $260. ISBN 978-0-470-01662-6.
Peter Pulay
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2008; 130(14); pp 5000 - 5000; (Book Review) DOI: 10.1021/ja076986v

Environmental Radiochemical Analysis III Edited by Peter Warwick (Loughborough University, U.K.). Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge. 2007. x + 220 pp. $209.00. ISBN 978-0-85404-263-0.
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2008; 130(14); pp 5000 - 5000; (Book Review) DOI: 10.1021/ja8014742

Characterization and Analysis of Polymers Edited by the staff at Wiley. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ. 2008. x + 978 pp. $295.00. ISBN 978-0-470-23300-9.
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2008; 130(14); pp 5000 - 5000; (Book Review) DOI: 10.1021/ja801591j

Combinatorial Chemistry on Solid Supports. Topics in Current Chemistry, 278 Edited by Stefan Bräse (Universität Karlsruhe, Germany). Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. 2007. xii + 360. $339.00. ISBN 978-3-540-72509-1.
Rolando Perez-Pineiro and Hicham Fenniri and H. Fenniri
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2008; 130(13); pp 4569 - 4570; (Book Review) DOI: 10.1021/ja077018v

Computational and Structural Approaches to Drug Discovery: Ligand-Protein Interactions Edited by Robert M. Stroud and Janet Finer-Moore (University of California, San Francisco). Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge. 2008. $189.00. ISBN 978-0-85404-365-1.
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2008; 130(13); pp 4570 - 4570; (Book Review) DOI: 10.1021/ja800727t

Catalysts for Fine Chemical Synthesis: Regio- and Stereo-Controlled Oxidations and Reductions, Volume 5 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.: Chichester. 2007. xvi + 312 pp. $200. ISBN 978-0-470-09022-0.
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2008; 130(13); pp 4570 - 4570; (Book Review) DOI: 10.1021/ja800768e

Targets in Heterocyclic Systems: Chemistry and Properties, Volume 10 (2006) Edited by Orazio A. Attanasi (University of Urbino, Italy) and Domenico Spinelli (University of Bologna, Italy). Italian Society of Chemistry: Rome. 2007. viii + 360 pp. $129.00. ISBN 978-88-86208-51-2.
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2008; 130(13); pp 4570 - 4570; (Book Review) DOI: 10.1021/ja801048k

Creative Chemical Sensor Systems. Topics in Current Chemistry, 277 Edited by Thomas Schrader (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany). Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. 2007. xiv + 304 pp. $269.00. ISBN 978-3-540-71546-7.
Indraneel Ghosh
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2008; 130(13); pp 4570 - 4571; (Book Review) DOI: 10.1021/ja0770173

Fluorescence of Supermolecules, Polymers, and Nanosystems. Springer Series on Fluorescence, 04 Edited by M. N. Berberan-Santos (Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal). Series edited by O. S. Wolfbeis. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. 2008. xviii + 468 pp. $269.00. ISBN 978-3-540-73927-2.
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2008; 130(13); pp 4571 - 4571; (Book Review) DOI: 10.1021/ja801006y

Superelectrophiles and Their Chemistry By George A. Olah (University of Southern California, Los Angeles) and Douglas A. Klumpp (Northern Illinois University, DeKalb). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ. 2007. viii +302 pp. $125.00. ISBN 978-0-470-04961-7.
Donald D. Aue
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2008; 130(13); pp 4571 - 4572; (Book Review) DOI: 10.1021/ja8008902

Photofunctional Transition Metal Complexes. Structure and Bonding, 123 Edited by Vivian W. W. Yam (The University of Hong Kong). Series edited by D. Michael P. Mingos. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. 2007 xii + 260 pp. $249.00. ISBN 978-3-540-36809-0.
William B. Connick
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2008; 130(12); pp 4205 - 4205; (Book Review) DOI: 10.1021/ja077016a

Chemical Biology: From Small Molecules to Systems Biology and Drug Design, Volumes 1-3 Edited by Stuart L. Schreiber (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA), Tarun M. Kapoor (Rockefeller University, New York, NY), and Günther Wess (GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit, Neuherberg, Germany). Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA: Weinheim. 2007. 1280 pp. $625. ISBN 978-3-527-31150-7.
Megan E. Pomianek and Martin F. Semmelhack
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2008; 130(12); pp 4205 - 4206; (Book Review) DOI: 10.1021/ja076981y

Vanadium: The Versatile Metal. ACS Symposium Series 974. Edited by Kenneth Kustin (Brandeis University), João Costa Pessoa (IST-Technical University of Lisboa), and Debbie C. Crans (Colorado State University) American Chemical Society: Washington, D.C. (distributed by Oxford University Press). 2007. xliv + 448 pp. $175. ISBN 978-0-8412-7446-4.
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2008; 130(12); pp 4206 - 4206; (Book Review) DOI: 10.1021/ja800427w


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