| Description |
xvi 523, A-29, G-8, C-3, I-13 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Chemistry for a sustainable future -- The air we breathe -- Protecting the ozone layer -- The chemistry of global climate change -- Energy from combustion -- Water for life -- Neutralizing the threat of acid rain -- The fires of nuclear fission -- Energy from electron transfer? -- The world of polymers and plastics -- Manipulating molecules and designing drugs -- Nutrition : food for thought -- Genetic engineering and the molecules of life -- Appendix 1: Measure for measure : conversion factors and constants -- Appendix 2: The power of exponents -- Appendix 3: Clearing the logjam -- Appendix 4: Answers to your turn questions not answered in text -- Appendix 5: Answers to selected end-of-chapter questions indicated in color in the text -- Glossary |
| Summary |
Following in the tradition of the first seven editions, the goal of this edition is to establish chemical principles on a need-to-know basis for non-science majors, enabling them to learn chemistry in the context of their own lives and significant issues facing science and the world. The non-traditional approach of this book reflects today's technological issues and the chemistry principles within them. Global warming, alternate fuels, nutrition, and genetic engineering are examples of issues that are covered in this book |
| Notes |
"A project of the American Chemical Society."--Cover |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Biochemistry -- Textbooks.
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Biochemistry.
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Environmental chemistry -- Textbooks.
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Environmental chemistry.
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Geochemistry -- Textbooks.
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Geochemistry.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Author |
Anderson, Karen L., 1948- author
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Bentley, Anne K., author
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Cann, Michael C., author
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Ellis, Jamie P., author
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Mury, Michael T., author
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Purvis-Roberts, Kathleen, author
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American Chemical Society, sponsor
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| LC no. |
2013033969 |
| ISBN |
9780073522975 (hardback) |
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