General Chemistry category: 1479 books
From Transuranic to Superheavy Elements
A Story of Dispute and Creation
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
The story of superheavy elements - those at the very end of the periodic table - is not well known outside the community of heavy-ion physicists and nuclear chemists. But it is a most interesting story which deserves to be known also to historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science and...
Handbook of Adhesives and Sealants
General Knowledge, Application of Adhesives, New Curing Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2006
Contributions from more than 60 authors, each a well-known specialist in their field, have been co-ordinated to produce the most comprehensive Handbook of Adhesives and Sealants ever published. The handbook will be published as 8 volumes, over a period of 4 years and will contain over 2800 pages,...
Wonderful Life with the Elements
The Periodic Table Personified
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2012
From the brilliant mind of Japanese artist Bunpei Yorifuji comes Wonderful Life with the Elements, an illustrated guide to the periodic table that gives chemistry a friendly face.
In this super periodic table, every element is a unique character whose properties are represented visually: heavy...
by Robert L. Wolke
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2010
"Like having a scientist at your side to answer your questions in plain, non-technical language."—Science News
Why is red meat red? How do they decaffeinate coffee? Do you wish you understood the science of food but don't want to plow through dry, technical books? In What Einstein Told His...
by Michael Faraday
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Originally given as a lecture at the Royal Institution, The Chemical History of a Candle is one of the most popular and widely distributed works of popular science ever written. A remarkably clear and beautifully organized explication of Victorian chemistry and physics, it has gone through myriad editions...
A Feast of Science
Intriguing Morsels from the Science of Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
An entertaining and digestible volume that demystifies science, from the author of 16 bestselling popular science books
Crave answers? A Feast of Science demystifies the chemistry of everyday life, serving up practical knowledge to both inform and entertain. Guaranteed to satiate your hunger...
Anticorrosive Coatings
Fundamental and New Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
This eBook brings together all the disciplines involved in the creation and use of corrosion protection coatings for metals. It presents the latest insights into the quality and chemistry of surfaces, the proper way to prepare them by conversion treatment, the function of resins and anticorrosion...
by Philip Ball
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2003
The processes in a single living cell are akin to that of a city teeming with molecular inhabitants that move, communicate, cooperate, and compete. In this Very Short Introduction, Philip Ball explores the role of the molecule in and around us - how, for example, a single fertilized egg can grow into...
Elemental
How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (Nearly) Everything
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
If you want to understand how our world works, the periodic table holds the answers. When the seventh row of the periodic table of elements was completed in June 2016 with the addition of four final elements—nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson—we at last could identify all the ingredients...
Why Icebergs Float
Exploring Science in Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
From paintings and food to illness and icebergs, science is happening everywhere. Rather than follow the path of a syllabus or textbook, Andrew Morris takes examples from the science we see every day and uses them as entry points to explain a number of fundamental scientific concepts – from understanding...
by Andrey Grozin
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
The basics of computer algebra and the language of Mathematica are described in this textbook, leading towards an understanding of Mathematica that allows the reader to solve problems in physics, mathematics, and chemistry.
Mathematica is the most widely used system for doing mathematical...
Practical Sustainability Strategies
How to Gain a Competitive Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Strategies that enable organizations to succeed as businesses and as responsible corporate citizens
Based on the authors' many years of research and hands-on experience, this book provides tested and proven practical strategies that make it possible for organizations to develop, maintain, or...
Ligand Platforms in Homogenous Catalytic Reactions with Metals
Practice and Applications for Green Organic Transformations
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Serving as a user's manual for synthetic organic and catalytic chemists, this book guides chemists in the design and choice of ligands to catalyze organic reactions and apply the results for more efficient, green, and practical synthesis.
• Focuses on the role of ligands in metal complexes...
The Body Toxic
How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-being
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
We are running a collective chemical fever that we cannot break. Everyone everywhere now carries a dizzying array of chemical contaminants, the by-products of modern industry and innovation that contribute to a host of developmental deficits and health problems in ways just now being understood. These...