An illustrated essay with free software to download
Last updated May 19, 2013
Tom O'Haver
Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Maryland at College Park
E-mail: toh@umd.edu
This essay is also available as a single 116-page printable document written in OpenOffice and saved in Open Document**, Word, and PDF formats. May 14, 2013 version. Readability index This web site can be downloaded in archived HTML format complete with all linked software.
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* Pragmatic:
Relating to matters of fact or practical affairs, often to the
exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters; practical as opposed to
idealistic. ** What is Open Document format? See http://www.coolutils.com/Formats/ODT(c) 1996, 2012, T. C. O'Haver.
First edition created in 1995. Last updated May, 2013. This site created with . This site is a retirement project maintained by Prof. Tom O'Haver, Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, The University of Maryland at College Park.
Comments, suggestions and questions should be directed to
Prof. O'Haver at toh@umd.edu.
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