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The cartoon guide to chemistry / Larry Gonick & Craig Criddle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gonick, Larry.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemistry--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Chemistry.
- Chemistry--Popular works.
- Chemistry--Humor.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Humor.
- Caricatures and cartoons.
- Cartoons (Humor)
- Physical Description:
- 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperResource, [2005]
- Summary:
- "The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry, a collaboration between preeminent scientist Professor Craig Criddle of Stanford University and cartoonist Larry Gonick, is a complete and up-to date course in college level chemistry. In engaging and humorous graphic style, the book covers both the history and the basics, including early ideas and techniques, electrochemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, environmental chemistry, physics as chemistry, and much more.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Hidden Ingredients 1
- Chapter 2 Matter Becomes Electric 17
- Chapter 3 Togetherness 45
- Chapter 4 Chemical Reactions 67
- Chapter 5 Heat of Reaction 85
- Chapter 6 Matter in a State 105
- Chapter 7 Solutions 129
- Chapter 8 Reaction Rate and Equilibrium 141
- Chapter 9 Acid Basics 165
- Chapter 10 Chemical Thermodynamics 191
- Chapter 11 Electrochemistry 209
- Chapter 12 Organic Chemistry 227
- Appendix Using Logarithms 243.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0060936770
- OCLC:
- 53001054
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