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Molecules at an Exhibition: Portraits of Intriguing Materials in Everyday Life
John Emsley
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Description for Molecules at an Exhibition: Portraits of Intriguing Materials in Everyday Life
Paperback. What is it in chocolate that makes us feel good when we eat it? What's the molecule that turns men on? What's the secret of Coca-Cola? In this book, the author takes us on a guided tour through a rogue's gallery of molecules, some harmful, some pleasant, showing how they affect our lives. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PD; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
What is it in chocolate that makes us feel good when we eat it? What's the molecule that turns men on? What's the secret of Coca-Cola? In this fascinating book, John Emsley takes us on a guided tour through a rogue's gallery of molecules, some harmful some pleasant, showing how they affect our lives. There are eight galleries in all, full of individual portraits on molecules that are to be found on a daily basis in the home, the environment, and in our bodies-from caffeine to teflon, nicotine to zinc. Find out how Mozart met his death, how Hitler ... Read more
What is it in chocolate that makes us feel good when we eat it? What's the molecule that turns men on? What's the secret of Coca-Cola? In this fascinating book, John Emsley takes us on a guided tour through a rogue's gallery of molecules, some harmful some pleasant, showing how they affect our lives. There are eight galleries in all, full of individual portraits on molecules that are to be found on a daily basis in the home, the environment, and in our bodies-from caffeine to teflon, nicotine to zinc. Find out how Mozart met his death, how Hitler ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192862068
SKU
V9780192862068
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About John Emsley
John Emsley trained as a chemist, lectured in chemistry for 25 years in the University of London, and is now Science Writer in Residence at the Department of Chemistry at Cambridge. His 'Molecule of the Month' column for The Independent (19906) brought home to a wide readership how chemistry impinges on every aspect of our daily lives. In 1993 he ... Read more
Reviews for Molecules at an Exhibition: Portraits of Intriguing Materials in Everyday Life
highly readable and entertaining
New Scientist
popular science writing at its best. It is educational, interesting, may prove inspirational and..deserves to find a very wide readership
THES
'A broad audience, regardless of whether it has a background in chemistry, will enjoy browsing and reading it.' Nature
New Scientist
popular science writing at its best. It is educational, interesting, may prove inspirational and..deserves to find a very wide readership
THES
'A broad audience, regardless of whether it has a background in chemistry, will enjoy browsing and reading it.' Nature