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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 82nd Edition

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While this doesn't contain *everything* for a single topic, it certainly contains all that a chemist usually needs for easy reference about chemistry and physics.

If you (or your current copy of the CRC) are a bit older, you'll probably find some sections in the new edition missing - e.g., no more trigonometry tables with the proliferation of cheap calculators - and new things added. This is the sort of book which has SO much stuff, you will never use it all - but it will (almost) always be able to help you.

This is the one reference book I was willing to pay for out of pocket, whether or not my employer paid for it.

I found a 1927 copy of this at a used book store a few years ago ... - I still have it, and believe it or not, I do use it. It's got really neat stuff the modern editions don't. Which is why you shouldn't hesitate to drop [money] for one today. It will still be useful 60 years from now.

This is not the sort of thing I would replace annually!

Like getting hit by a bus, this book will change your life. But for the better. Before I encountered Mr. Lide's coup d'etat, i was alone. And sad. And tired. After some food and rest, and a lot of speed, i breezed through this baby in twenty fun-filled minutes. I am a new person now, all thanks to this watershed monument to the genius that is David R Lide. (p856 is my favorite!)