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The science of Breaking Bad / Dave Trumbore and Donna J. Nelson.

Van Pelt Library PN1992.77.B74 T78 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Trumbore, Dave, author.
Nelson, Donna J., author.
Contributor:
Class of 1932 Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Breaking bad (Television program : 2008-2013).
Physical Description:
xii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2019]
Contents:
I Meet Walter White p. 1
Side RxN #1: Crystallography and Synchrotrons p. 9
Chemistry I p. 11
II Chemical Credits p. 15
Side RxN #2: Chemical Composition of the Human Body p. 20
III Playing with Fire p. 23
IV It's a (Phosphine) Gas p. 31
Side RxN #3: Carbon, by Any Other Name p. 37
Physics p. 39
V DIY Battery p. 43
Side RxN #4: Breaking Bad Balloons p. 51
VI A Magnetic Conversation p. 53
Side RxN #5: Zombie Computers p. 61
VII Trouble Brewing p. 63
Side RxN #6: They're Minerals, Marie! p. 75
Chemistry II p. 77
VIII Explosives: Fulminated Mercury and the Wheelchair Bomb p. 81
Side RxN #7: Quality Face Time with Gus Fring p. 91
IX Pyrotechnics: Thermite Lockpick p. 93
Side RxN #8: Walter White's Fraying Nerves p. 100
X Corrosives: Hydrofluoric Acid p. 103
Biology p. 113
XI Psychiatry: Fugue States, Panic Attacks, and PTSD p. 117
Side RxN #9: Walt Tells the Truth p. 128
XII Pediatrics: Cerebral Palsy p. 129
Side RxN #10: Walter White's Heredity p. 134
Side RxN #11: Holly White Joins the Show p. 135
XIII Oncology: Cancer and Treatment p. 137
Side RxN #12: Walt's Major Award p. 146
XIV Toxicology: Ricin, Lily of the Valley, and ... Cyanide? p. 147
XV Pharmacology: Drugs, Addiction, and Overdoses p. 157
Chemistry III p. 165
XVI Methylamine: The Solution Is Dilution p. 169
XVII Let's Get Analytical p. 175
Side RxN #13: Glass Grade p. 183
XVIII The Lab Maketh the Meth p. 185
Side RxN #14: Qualitative Analysis of Foods at Madrigal p. 213
XIX Finale/Felina p. 217.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
ISBN:
9780262537155
026253715X
OCLC:
1051775165

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