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“... Nor was it the normal, portentous intimacy of twenty-year-olds: [...] although we were at the age when one always has the need, instinct, and immodesty of inflicting on one another everything that swarms in one's head and elsewhere (and this is an age that can last long, but ends with the first compromise)...”

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The periodic table

This book provides an in-depth exploration of the periodic table, covering the history of its development, the characteristics of each element, and their applications in various fields such as chemistry, physics, and engineering. more

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Primo Levi
Primo Levi

Chemist and Italian Jewish author, known for his dual identity as a survivor of Nazi concentration camps and a chemist. His works profoundly reflect the moral dilemmas and psychological states of humans in extreme environments. more

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