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Shape Memory Alloys
Special report on the discovery and use of shape memory alloys
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The New Alchemists - part one
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The New Alchemists - part three
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The First Explorers - Europe
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The First Explorers - America and Asia
The first explorers who entered the American continent toward the end of the last Ice Age
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