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THE standard text-books in advanced inorganic chemistry at the service of past generations presented the reader with, a gigantic jumble of disconnected data. One great unifying principle—the periodic classification of the elements—was indeed recognized; but it was admittedly riddled with exceptions. Small wonder that the majority of students, on reaching the research stage, preferred the severely systematic field of organic chemistry; order is always more attractive than chaos.
Inorganic Chemistry
By Fritz Ephraim. English edition by Dr. P. C. L. Thorne and Dr. E. R. Roberts. Fourth edition, revised. Pp. xii + 922. (London and Edinburgh: Gurney and Jackson, Ltd., 1943.) 28s. net.
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KENDALL, J. Inorganic Chemistry. Nature 153, 358–359 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153358a0
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