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Author
Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Describes seventeen chemical compounds in spices, textile fibers, dyes, explosives, medicines, and other substances--including the drugs that account for witches flying on broomsticks--and how they affect civilization.
4) Chemistry
Author
Series
Great courses volume no. 111
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Covers every topic that is typically included in most high school chemistry. Provides deep understanding of basic concepts and how one can apply the kind of simple, natural quantitative reasoning we all use every day to what are truly simple chemistry problems once this basic understanding is established. It is this basis of true understanding that makes chemistry. (THIS IS A SET. Book and DVDs must be checkout together)
5) Chemistry
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Uses cartoon-style characters to explain the basics of chemistry, discussing such concepts as states of matter, atoms, molecules, chemical reactions, and different chemicals.
7) Chemistry
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Explores the world of chemical reactions and shows the role that chemistry plays in our world.
Author
Series
Publisher
Quarry Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The kitchen pantry scientist's guide to chemistry features biographies of 25 leading chemists, past and present, accompanied by accessible, hands-on experiments and activities to bring the history and principles of chemistry alive.
10) Trial run
Author
Series
Fault lines volume 1
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Gabriella Speciale has assembled a team of elite scientists with one goal in mind--to create and control out-of-body experiences that transcend the limits of time and space. Reese Clawson's mind-bending experiments aim to explode the boundaries of human consciousness and annihilate the opposition in the process. The key to both these programs may reside in the mind of a gifted grad student. --Provided by publisher.
12) Acids and bases
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Learn about acids and bases, chemical components of the natural world that play key roles in medicine and industry.
13) The elements
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The elements in the periodic table are the ingredients that make up our world. Explore elements such as carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, and learn why they are essential to our survival. See how precious gold protects astronauts in space, and why the metal mercury can be both a solid and a liquid. Find out about man-made elements, which the smartest chemists are busy figuring out how to use. Learn about scores of other elements, including silver, the...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Carbon is everywhere: in the paper of this book and the blood of our bodies. It's with us from beginning to end, present in our baby clothes and coffin alike. We live on a carbon planet, and we are carbon life. No other element is so central to our well-being; yet, when missing or misaligned, carbon atoms can also bring about disease and even death. At once ubiquitous and mysterious, carbon holds the answers to some of humanity's biggest questions....
Author
Publisher
Super Sandcastle, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Do you like learning about atoms, molecules, and other matter? Do you like to cook? Then Chemistry You Can Chomp is the right book for you! Learn about what chemists do and what they have discovered. Then explore chemistry further by making delicious snacks. Check out the entire Super Simple Science You Can Snack On series for more tasty STEM fun!
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