| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 250 pages) |
| Contents |
quick guide to things large and small -- Gallery 1. Nearly as nature intended: An exhibition of some curious molecules in the foods we eat -- Gallery 2. Testing your metal: An exhibition of the metals which our body must have -- Gallery 3. Starting lives, saving lives, screwing up lives: An exhibition of molecules that can help and harm the young -- Gallery 4. Home, sweet home: An exhibition of detergents, dangers, delights and delusions -- Gallery 5. Material progress and immaterial observations: An exhibition of molecules that make life a little easier -- Gallery 6. Landscape room: environmental cons, concerns and comments: An exhibition of molecules that stalk the world -- Gallery 7. We're on the road to nowhere: An exhibition of molecules to transport us -- Gallery 8. Elements from Hell: An exhibition of molecules that are mainly malevolent -- App. Molecular portraits on display in Molecules at an Exhibition |
| Summary |
Emsley describes chemicals which affect every aspect of our daily lives, including anecdotes about their proper or improper uses |
| Analysis |
Biochimie Chimie Environnement Molecule Nutrition Role Toxicologie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-238) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Biochemistry -- Popular works.
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Chemistry, Technical -- Popular works.
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Environmental chemistry -- Popular works.
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Nutrition -- Popular works.
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Toxicology -- Popular works.
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
019102628X (electronic bk.) |
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9780191026287 (electronic bk.) |
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