Author

Publication

1998 - Oxford University Press, Oxford, England

Language

English

Word Count

62,500 words, Guess

Page Count

250 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads1041964
  • LibraryThing256160

Classifications

  • DDC540
  • LCCQP514.2 .E47 1998

Description

Emsley describes chemicals which affect every aspect of our daily lives, including anecdotes about their proper or improper uses.

First Sentence

THERE ARE scores of myths surrounding the things we eat: chocolate is almost addictive; Coca-Cola is just a concoction of chemicals; garlic wards off heart disease and cancer; an aspirin a day keeps the doctor away.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Molecules at an exhibition: portraits of intriguing materials in everyday lifeOxford University Press1998-01-01

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