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2) Formula 51
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Elmo is a master chemist and the genius behind a designer "wonder" drug worth millions. After purposely blowing up his lab in Los Angeles, he heads to Liverpool, England, where he searches for a buyer for is new party favor. Now all he has to do is dodge an assassins bullets and keep one step ahead of the law.
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Focusing on the lives and relationships behind their magnificent careers, The Curies is the first biography to trace the entire Curie dynasty, from Pierre and Marie's fruitful union and achievements to the lives and accomplishments of their two daughters, Irène and Eve, and son-in-law Frederic Joliot-Curie. Biographer Denis Brian digs deep beneath the headlines and legends to reveal the Curies' multigenerational saga in its entirety, featuring new,...
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"In powerful, formally inventive essays, The Visible Unseen disrupts the purported cultural divide between arts and science. As both a chemist and an award-winning author, Chapela zeros in on the literary metaphors buried in the facts and figures of her scientific observations. Through questioning scientific conundrums that lie beyond the limits of human perception, she winds up putting herself under the microscope as well. While considering the technical...
7) Blind fury
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Nick Parker, was blinded by an explosion in Vietnam, but rescued and trained to be a master swordsman by sympathetic villagers. Twenty years later he has become a drifter. He visits the family of Frank Devereaux (O'Quinn) an old Army buddy, now a chemist. There he foils an attempt by gangsters to kidnap the family in order to force Frank to produce designer drugs. Frank, it seems, has fallen into debt to the mob while gambling at a Reno casino. Nick...
8) Nobel son
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On the eve of Barkley Michaelson's father receiving the Nobel Prize, Barkley is kidnapped and the requested ransom is the $2,000,000 in Nobel Prize money. When his father refuses to pay, it starts a venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal, and ultimately revenge.
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"Una historia real sobre un científico contemporáneo que salvó la capa de ozono y el planeta, evitando un desastre en el medioambiente. Mario Molina es un científico mexicoamericano y un héroe de nuestros días que ayudó a resolver la crisis de la capa de ozono de la década de 1980. Se crió en la Ciudad de México y desde niño sintió curiosidad por los mundos ocultos que estudiaba a través de un microscopio. De joven, ya viviendo en California,...
10) Nobel Son
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On the eve of Barkley Michaelson's father receiving the Nobel Prize, Barkley is kidnapped and the requested ransom is the $2,000,000 in Nobel Prize money. When his father refuses to pay, it starts a venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal and ultimately revenge.
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Too many girls: A heiress goes off to college and her father secretly sends along four Ivy League football stars as her bodyguards. The long, long trailer: Newlyweds hit the honeymoon road with a 40-foot house trailer in tow. Forever darling: Accompanied by a guardian angel, Lucy and Desi go camping.
12) La química
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Antes trabajaba para el gobierno de Estados Unidos aunque casi nadie lo sabía. Como experta en su campo, era uno de los secretos más oscuros de una agencia tan clandestina que ni siquiera tiene nombre. Hasta que la consideraron un lastre y fueron a por ella sin avisar.Ahora rara vez se queda en el mismo lugar o utiliza el mismo nombre durante mucho tiempo. Ya han matado a la única persona en quien confiaba, pero sabe algo que sigue suponiendo una...