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Chemicals for Life and Living
Eiichiro Ochiai
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Description for Chemicals for Life and Living
Opening up a whole new world of the great impact that chemicals have on anything in every-day life, this book focuses on understanding how the material world works in terms of chemicals. It offers equal treatment to both inorganic and organic chemistry. Num Pages: 288 pages, 49 black & white illustrations, 62 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDZ; PN; PSA; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
Chemicals often have a negative Image among the general public. But there is no material world or indeed human beings without chemicals. The material world is operated by chemicals. The title ‘Chemicals for Life and Living’ implies that the material world is staged and played by chemicals. The book consists of five parts and an appendix. Part 1 – Essentials for life; Part 2 – Enhancing health; Part 3 – For the fun of life; Part 4 – Chemistry of the universe and earth, and Part 5 - Some negative effects of chemicals. The appendix gives a brief summary of ... Read more
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Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642202728
SKU
V9783642202728
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Ref
99-3
About Eiichiro Ochiai
Affliation: Vancouver, Canada
Reviews for Chemicals for Life and Living
From the reviews: “The information is presented as a collection of mostly unconnected essays, and the majority are very good. … The eclectic collection of chemicals (many depicted with full stereochemistry) is accompanied by informative and colourful illustrations. Finally, the book concludes with a 60 page introduction to chemistry … . the book does represent a brave and largely ... Read more