Description |
1 volume (various pagings) : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 28 cm |
Contents |
Chemistry for a sustainable future -- The air we breathe -- Protecting the ozone layer -- The chemistry of global warming -- Energy, chemistry, and society -- The 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 |
Summary |
Following in the tradition of the first six editions, the goal of this successful, issues-based textbook, Chemistry in Context , seventh 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 |
Notes |
"A project of the American Chemical Society." |
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Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes index |
Subject |
Biochemistry.
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Environmental chemistry.
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Geochemistry.
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Author |
Anderson, Karen Louise, 1970- 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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Keller, S. W. (Steven W.), author
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American Chemical Society, author
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LC no. |
2010024045 |
ISBN |
0073375667 (hard copy : alk. paper) |
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9780073375663 |
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