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Molecules at an exhibition
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Emsley presents accessible, readable portraits of materials affecting every aspect of our everyday lives. Each portrait is rich in history and science and this book will be interesting to those concerned about food, health and the environment.
| Title |
Molecules at an exhibition : portraits of intriguing materials in everyday life / John Emsley. [electronic resource] |
|---|---|
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Publisher |
Oxford : Oxford University Press |
| Creation Date |
2020 |
| Notes |
Previously issued in print: 1998. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
| Content |
Cover Contents Acknowledgements Introduction A quick guide to things large and small GALLERY 1 Nearly as nature intended: An exhibition of some curious molecules in the foods we eat AZTEC DREAMS: PHENYLETHYLAMINE RHUBARB PIE: OXALIC ACID THE COCA-COLA CONUNDRUM: CAFFEINE RUST REMOVER: PHOSPHORIC ACID THE CURSE OF THE CURE-ALL: DIPROPENYL DISULFIDE THE WORST SMELL IN THE WORLD: METHYL MERCAPTAN CHINESE MEDICINE: SELENIUM THE STATE OF THE HEART: SALICYLATES THOSE UNSPEAKABLE MOLECULES: PHTHALATES GALLERY 2 Testing your metal: An exhibition of the metals which our body must have BONE IDLE: CALCIUM PHOSPHATETHERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR SALT: SODIUM CHLORIDE PERFECT AND POISONOUS: POTASSIUM CHLORIDE THE ENIGMATIC ELEMENT: IRON AMAZINGLY LIGHT: MAGNESIUM THE MISSING LINK: ZINC BRONZED AND BEAUTIFUL: COPPER A FAMILY PORTRAIT: TIN, VANADIUM, CHROMIUM, MANGANESE, MOLYBDENUM, COBALT AND NICKEL GALLERY 3 Starting lives, saving lives, screwing up lives: An exhibition of molecules that can help and harm the young PROTECTING THE UNBORN: FOLIC ACID MOTHER'S MILK: ARACHIDONIC ACID SEXUAL CHEMISTRY: NITRIC OXIDE THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA: KERATIN A KISS AT CHRISTMAS: MISTLETOE'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS: PENICILLIN GALLERY 3A: PRIVATE COLLECTION: RESTRICTED VIEWING ONLY ON THE WINGS OF A DOVE: ECSTASY TURNING OFF THE DRUGS TAP: COCAINE, HEROIN AND DESIGNER DRUGS NASTY HABIT: NICOTINE SMOKE A CIG OR LICK A FROG: EPIBATIDINE PERCHANCE TO DREAM: MELATONIN GALLERY 4 Home, sweet home: An exhibition of detergents, dangers, delights and delusions KEEP IT CLEAN: SURFACTANTS TRIED AND FOUND INNOCENT: PHOSPHATES THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT: PERFLUOROPLYETHERS ZAP THE GERMS: SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE CRYSTAL CLEAR AND CLOUDED IN MYSTERY: GLASSWHAT'S IT MADE FROM? (1): ETHYL ACRYLATE WHAT'S IT MADE FROM? (2): MALEIC ANHYDRIDE DANGER IN THE HOME: CARBON MONOXIDE THE BITTER SECRET OF SAFETY: BITREX ELEMENTS FROM HEAVEN (1): ZIRCONIUM ELEMENTS FROM HEAVEN (2): TITANIUM GALLERY 5 Material progress and immaterial observations: An exhibition of molecules that make life a little easier BACK TO THE FUTURE: TENCEL PLASTIC DICKIES AND EXPLODING BALLS: CELLULOID BEND ME, SHAPE ME, ANY WAY YOU WANT ME: ETHYLENE CHEAP AND CHEERFUL: POLYPROPYLENE GOING TO EXTREMES ON EARTH AND IN THE HEAVENS: TEFLONGETTING RID OF UNWANTED PETS: POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) SEXY AND SAFE: POLYURETHANE FILM SET FUN AND FAST FOOD FLAW: POLYSTRYRENE STRONGER THAN STEEL: KEVLAR GALLERY 6 Landscape room: environmental cons, concerns and comments: An exhibition of molecules that stalk the world THE AIR THAT WE BREATHE: OXYGEN SO MUCH AND SO UNREACTIVE: NITROGEN THE LAZY LONER THAT DOES A LOT: ARGON TOO HIGH AND TOO LOW FOR COMFORT: OZONE ACID RAIN, VINTAGE WINE AND WHITE POTATOES: SULFUR DIOXIDE TOO MUCH OF A GOOD TOXIN: DDT MAD COWS AND MADDER CHEMISTS: DICHLOROMETHANE |
| Series |
Oxford scholarship online |
| Extent |
1 online resource (265 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997010710411105171 |
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