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Designing the molecular world : chemistry at the frontier /

Some of the most exciting scientific developments in recent years have come not from theoretical physicists, astronomers, or molecular biologists but instead from the chemistry lab. Chemists have created super-conducting ceramics for brain scanners, designed liquid crystal flat screens for televisio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ball, Philip, 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1994]
Colección:Princeton Science Library ; 117
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introducton: Engineering the Elements
  • Ch. 1. How It All Fits Together: The architecture of molecules
  • Ch. 2. Bringing Down the Barriers: Getting chemical reactions to go
  • Ch. 3. Caught in the Act: Watching atoms dance
  • Ch. 4. Impossible Order: When atoms meet geometry
  • Ch. 5. Perfect Hosts and Welcome Guests: Molecules that recognize each other and build themselves
  • Ch. 6. Metals from Molecules: Electronics goes organic
  • Ch. 7. A Soft and Sticky World: The self-organizing magic of colloid chemistry
  • Ch. 8. Chemical Beginnings: How chemistry came to life
  • Ch. 9. Far from Stable: Fractals, chaos, and complexity in chemistry
  • Ch. 10. Transforming the Globe: The crises of atmospheric chemistry.