Chemistry in everyday life
45 points Molecules at an Exhibition [020930-ChH]
Genre: Book (Oxford University Press, 07th.Oct.1999)

ISBN 0-19-286206-5
264 pages
Price: £ 8.99

Description: Chemistry in everyday life, part 2
Portraits of Intriguing Materials in Everyday Life
Discover, why chocolade makes us happy, what happens in their bodies when men dream about love, and which secrets are hidden in Coca-Cola. Successful author Emsley weaves scientific information, historical details, entertaining anecdotes and a good portion of humour into intriguing stories.
Content: (Almost) totally natural: Extraordinary molecules in ordinary food • How much metall do you contain? Metals our body needs • To create life, to protect life, to destroy life: molecules which help - or harm - our children • Home, sweet home: detergents & warnings, benefits & lapses • Material progress and brain experiments • Molecules which relieve our life • Our environment - concerns, demonstrations and deceits: molecules, which "go round" our planet • On the way to nowhere: molecules which move us away • Chemistry of hell: molecules which wish us ill (most of the time).
Author: John Emsley
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Link: Oxford University Press
Target group: No restrictions
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