| Description |
393 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Theory, octaves, and scales -- Demonstration 1 : water witch -- Electrons and atoms, elephants and fleas -- Demonstration 2 : coppers and robbers -- Periodically speaking -- Demonstration 3 : stop-and-go chemistry -- Reason, reactions, and redox -- Demonstration 4 : purple-cabbage indicator -- The basic stuff -- Demonstration 5 : blue blob, black ink -- Chemical partners : who does what to whom -- Demonstration 6 : bond, chemical bond -- The tie that binds the chemicals that bond -- Demonstration 7 : gemstone chemistry -- Sticking to principles -- Demonstration 8 : layer upon layer -- Slipping and sliding, intermolecularly -- Demonstration 9 : concentrating on color, salty dog -- Concentration--on being alone together -- Demonstration 10 : the soda bottle crunch -- It's a gas -- Demonstration 11 : it's in the air -- When gases put on airs -- Demonstration 12 : how does your garden grow? -- Crystal-clear chemistry -- Demonstration 13 : hot packs and cold packs -- When matters heat up -- Demonstration 14 : zoned-out ice -- A whole new phase -- Demonstration 15 : all things being equal -- Equilibrium--chemistry's two- way street -- Demonstration 16 : antifreeze and antiboil -- Colligative properties--strength in numbers -- Demonstration 17 : kick it up a notch -- Chemical kinetics--a veritable explosion -- Demonstration 18 : black-light chemistry, paper-clip chemistry -- Electrons and photons--turning on the light -- Playing the tunes -- Organic chemistry demonstration : aspirin to acid -- Simply organic -- Inorganic chemistry demonstration : entropy, ammonia, and amoeba -- Chemistry rocks -- Biochemistry demonstration : fat, flatulence, and bean soup -- The body of chemistry meets the chemistry of the body -- Analytical chemistry demonstration : the proof is in the prints -- Chemist as analyst -- Demonstration for the future: medicine cabinet chemistry -- Harry, Hogwarts, and folk pharmacopoeias--mysteries in the past and magic in the future. |
| Subject |
Chemistry -- Popular works.
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| Added Author |
Fetterolf, Monty L.
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| ISBN |
1591022312 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
9781591022312 |
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