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Science 23 July 2004:
Vol. 305. no. 5683, p. 480
DOI: 10.1126/science.1099773
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MATERIALS SCIENCE:
How Life Makes Hard Stuff

A review by Mark E. Davis

Biomineralization
Patricia M. Dove, James J. De Yoreo, and Steve Weiner, Eds.
Mineralogical Society of America and Geochemical Society, Washington, DC, 2003. 395 pp. Paper, $36. ISBN 0-939950-66-9. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, vol. 54.

The contributors offer specialists and nonspecialists alike a comprehensive introduction to the processes of biological mineralization and to the effects of these processes on Earth history.
The reviewer is at Chemical Engineering, Mail Code 210-41, 1200 East California Boulevard, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. E-mail: mdavis{at}cheme.caltech.edu

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