Linda Williams
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Also published as Linda D. Williams.
Linda Williams is a writer in the fields of science and medicine. She has worked as a technical writer and chief scientist at NASA and McDonnell Douglas, and currently works at Rice University. She has served as a science speaker for a number of years. Ms. Williams is the author of the popular "Chemistry Demystified, " another volume in this series.
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