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Elegant solutions : ten beautiful experiments in chemistry /

Devising and performing a scientific experiment is an art, and it is common to hear scientists talk about the 'beauty' of an experiment. What does this mean in chemistry, the experimental science par excellence? And what are the most beautiful chemical experiments of all time? This book of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ball, Philip, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK : Royal Society of Chemistry, ©2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • What is an experiment? What is beauty?
  • Asking questions of nature
  • How does your garden grow?
  • An element compounded
  • New light
  • Radiation explained
  • The elements came in one by one
  • The chemical theatre
  • Posing new questions
  • Molecules take shape
  • Myths and romances
  • Life and how to make it
  • Not so noble
  • The art of making things
  • Nature rebuilt
  • Plato's molecules
  • Chemical aesthetics.