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Elegant solutions : ten beautiful experiments in chemistry / Philip Ball.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ball, Philip, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemistry--Experiments.
- Chemistry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Devising and performing a scientific experiment is an art, and it is common to hear scientists talk about the 'beauty' of an experiment. What does this mean in chemistry, the experimental science par excellence? And what are the most beautiful chemical experiments of all time? This book offers ten suggestions for where beauty might reside in experimental chemistry. In some cases the beauty lies in the clarity of conception; sometimes it is a feature of the instrumental design. But for chemistry, there can also be a unique beauty in the way atoms are put together to make new molecules, substanc
- Contents:
- Elegant Solutions_publicity; 00-prelims; 01-10595; 02-10596; 03-10597; 04-10598; 05-10599; 06-10600; 07-10601; 08-10602; 09-10603; 10-10604; 11-10605; 12-10606; 13-10607; 14-10608; 15-11738; 16-10609
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-84755-260-9
- OCLC:
- 232637948
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