Molecules at an exhibition : portraits of intriguing materials in everyday life /
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| Author / Creator: | Emsley, John. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 250 pages) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11215810 |
Table of Contents:
- quick guide to things large and small
- Gallery 1. Nearly as nature intended: An exhibition of some curious molecules in the foods we eat
- Gallery 2. Testing your metal: An exhibition of the metals which our body must have
- Gallery 3. Starting lives, saving lives, screwing up lives: An exhibition of molecules that can help and harm the young
- Gallery 4. Home, sweet home: An exhibition of detergents, dangers, delights and delusions
- Gallery 5. Material progress and immaterial observations: An exhibition of molecules that make life a little easier
- Gallery 6. Landscape room: environmental cons, concerns and comments: An exhibition of molecules that stalk the world
- Gallery 7. We're on the road to nowhere: An exhibition of molecules to transport us
- Gallery 8. Elements from Hell: An exhibition of molecules that are mainly malevolent
- App. Molecular portraits on display in Molecules at an Exhibition.