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Strange chemistry : the stories your chemistry teacher wouldn't tell you /
"This book opens the audience's eyes to the extraordinary scientific secrets hiding in everyday objects. Helping readers increase chemistry knowledge in a fun and entertaining way, the book is perfect as a supplementary textbook or gift to curious professionals and novices. ; Appeals to a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book opens the audience's eyes to the extraordinary scientific secrets hiding in everyday objects. Helping readers increase chemistry knowledge in a fun and entertaining way, the book is perfect as a supplementary textbook or gift to curious professionals and novices. ; Appeals to a modern audience of science lovers by discussing multiple examples of chemistry in everyday life ; Addresses compounds that affect everyone in one way or another: poisons, pharmaceuticals, foods, and illicit drugs; thereby evoking a powerful emotional response which increases interest in the topic at hand ; Focuses on edgy types of stories that chemists generally tend to avoid so as not to paint chemistry in a bad light; however, these are the stories that people find interesting ; Provides detailed and sophisticated stories that increase the reader's fundamental scientific knowledge ; Discusses complex topics in an engaging and accessible manner, providing the 'how' and 'why' that takes readers deeper into the stories"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 346 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781119265290 1119265290 9781119265283 1119265282 |