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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.
- 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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