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Death of the Chemistry Textbook? I Think Not

Roy W. Clark

Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132

J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81 (3), p 335

DOI: 10.1021/ed081p335.1

Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004

Abstract

Textbook content will continue to grow, but not on the printed page. Almost all of the digitizable material will be sold with the text, much as CDs are now, but probably in the form of solid state memory similar to the thumb-sized USB or Firewire drives now on the market.

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Received: August 03, 2009

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