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Chain reaction : how chemistry shapes us and our world / Ijeoma Uchegbu.
Van Pelt - New Book Display QD35 .U244 2026
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Uchegbu, Ijeoma F., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biochemistry--Popular works.
- Biochemistry.
- Human body--Composition--Popular works.
- Human body.
- Chemistry--Popular works.
- Chemistry.
- Physical Description:
- 306 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First US edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Mariner Books, [an imprint of] HarperCollins Publishers, [2026]
- Summary:
- "By one of the world's leading chemists, an entertaining and revealing tour of the chemical bonds that shape our everyday lives and provide the infrastructure for our chaotic world."--Amazon.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Chemistry is everywhere and everywhere is chemistry
- Our bodies: Why you and I are walking chemical reactions
- Food: Breaking down the stuff on our plates
- Cosmetics: How chemistry's colours can change how we look and feel
- Clothing and jewellery: The art and science of draping, decorating, shielding and sparkling
- Plastics: Why we are hopelessly hooked on the plastic chemical bond
- Pollutants: The bits of chemistry we do not want
- Glue: The sticky chemistry that holds us together
- Buildings: The materials that hold up our homes
- Medicines: Chemistry at the edge of life
- The end: The chemistry of death and dying
- Epilogue: Why chemistry always matters.
- Notes:
- Originally published in Great Britian in 2026 by Hodder Press.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780063394629
- 0063394626
- OCLC:
- 1592164326
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