Chemistry

Chemistry, a branch of physical science, is the study of the composition, structure, properties and change of matter.

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science
The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance
Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life's Emergence
Carbon: The Book of Life
Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins―From Spices to Vices
Einstein's Fridge: How the Difference Between Hot and Cold Explains the Universe
Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race
It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything
Pas de deux
Every Day, Chemistry
Is This Wi-Fi Organic?: A Guide to Spotting Misleading Science Online
Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made Us Modern
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements
The Periodic Table
Lessons in Chemistry
General Chemistry (Dover Books on Chemistry)
Organic Chemistry
Uncle Tungsten
Physical Chemistry
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
Chemistry: The Central Science
Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives

Nalini Singh
When he put the old-fashioned mechanical toy on her palm, she stopped breathing. It was a tiny representation of an atom, complete with colored ball bearings standing in for neutrons, protons, and on the outside, arranged on arcs of fine wire, electrons. Turning the key on the side made the electrons move, what she’d thought were ball bearings actually finely crafted spheres of glass that sparked with color. A brilliant, thoughtful, wonderful gift for a physics major. “Why magnesium?” she asked ...more
Nalini Singh, Tangle of Need

Primo Levi
... and finally there came the customer we'd always dreamed of, who wanted us as consultants. To be a consultant is the ideal work, the sort from which you derive prestige and money without dirtying your hands, or breaking your backbone, or running the risk of ending up roasted or poisoned: all you have to do is take off your smock, put on your tie, listen in attentive silence to the problem, and then you'll feel like the Delphic oracle. You must then weigh your reply very carefully and formulat ...more
Primo Levi, The Periodic Table

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