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Autor:
John Emsley
Publikováno v:
Substantia, Vol 3, Iss 2 (2019)
Chemistry is fortunate among the sciences in having an icon that is instantly recognisable around the world: the periodic table. The United Nations has deemed 2019 to be the International Year of the Periodic Table, in commemoration of the 150th anni
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https://doaj.org/article/d271d1c2aff84705b919e39477ca0bab
Autor:
John Emsley
How can a chemical we need on a daily basis to keep us healthy be fatal at a different dose? Why should elements that are intrinsically dangerous be used in medicine? How did poisoners use the chemical properties of chemicals to cover their tracks? E
Autor:
John Emsley
The science behind alpha-hydroxy acids, chlorine bleach, and other chemicals that people use every day is explored in a fascinating study that examines, through amusing anecdotes and odd facts, if and how they work. What is the secret of shower clean
Autor:
John Emsley
What is it in chocolate that makes us feel good when we eat it? What's the molecule that turns men on? What's the secret of Coca-Cola? In this fascinating book, John Emsley takes us on a guided tour through a rogue's gallery of molecules, some harmfu
Autor:
John Emsley
Publikováno v:
Foundations of Chemistry. 22:275-277
Autor:
John Emsley
How can a plant as beautiful as the foxglove be so deadly and yet for more than a century be used to treat heart disease? The same is true of other naturally occurring molecules as will be revealed in this current book by award-winning author and che
Autor:
John Emsley, Anthony E Hargreaves
How can a plant as beautiful as the foxglove be so deadly and yet for more than a century be used to treat heart disease? The same is true of other naturally occurring molecules as will be revealed in this current book by award-winning author and che
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::3fbbb868eeaec720020cbb318a33d31d
https://doi.org/10.1039/9781839168390
https://doi.org/10.1039/9781839168390
Autor:
John Emsley
This book explains to the general reader the roles of chemistry in various areas of life ranging from the entirely personal to the worryingly global. These roles are currently not widely appreciated and certainly not well understood. The book is aime
Autor:
John Emsley
Molecules of Murder is about infamous murderers and famous victims; about people like Harold Shipman, Alexander Litvinenko, Adelaide Bartlett, and Georgi Markov. Few books on poisons analyse these crimes from the viewpoint of the poison itself, doing
Autor:
John Emsley
Hand cream, detergent, shower gel, toothpaste, toilet cleaner, air freshener, lipstick, perfume, low-fat spread, painkiller, diet drink, insect repellent… hundreds of everyday products that make our lives so much better than those of our forebears.