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Old 01-28-2009, 08:29 AM   #1
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Talking Most Expensive Book on Amazon?
I was going to put this under The Absolute Write Book Club forum, but I can't afford the book.

The title itself tells it all. Chemical Shifts and Coupling Constants for Silicon-29 (Landolt-Bornstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series

List Price: $8,539.00

But at least shipping is free. And the reviews are lots of fun.

By the way, I've seen really technical books like this priced in the hundreds, but I've never seen them this high. So I don't know if it's a typo, if there's something really special about this book, or if the book comes with a free NMR spectrometer. (In that case, it would be a bargain.)
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Old 01-28-2009, 08:38 AM   #2
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Those 'reviews' were hysterical!
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Those 'reviews' were hysterical!
Yeah, they make me want to sell my children to buy a copy. And I don't have any children.
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Yeah, they make me want to sell my children to buy a copy. And I don't have any children.

I have 3. You can have one of mine.
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Old 01-28-2009, 08:53 AM   #6
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You can haz one too.


Now, what'll I do with only one child. Ahhh, the peace.

Oops, it was the same person.
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Old 01-28-2009, 08:53 AM   #7
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those reviews are absolutely incredible.

pure genius.
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That's the funniest thing I've seen in a loooooooooooooooooong time.
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Wonder if it'll actually make the board.
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