| View Larger Image | Molecules: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) | Paperbackby Philip Ball (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Oxford University Press, USA | | Page Count: | 224 Pages | | Publication Date: | November 30, 2003 | | Sales Rank: | 306,700th |
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The processes in a single living cell are akin to that of a city teeming with molecular inhabitants that move, communicate, cooperate, and compete. In this Very Short Introduction, Philip Ball explores the role of the molecule in and around us--how, for example, a single fertilized egg can grow into a multi-celled Mozart, what makes spider's silk insoluble in the morning dew, and how this molecular dynamism is being captured in the laboratory, promising to reinvent chemistry as the central creative science of the century. |
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A brief introduction to modern chemistry by Bojan Tunguz (Greencastle, IN USA)  5 Stars
January 09, 2007
My training is in Physics, and I have not had a chance to read-up on Chemistry in a long while. I decided to read this book in order to get a better bird's eye view of what the modern Chemistry is up to these days. As such, this book was a great introduction, and brought me up to speed with some of the more recent developments. Thanks to this book and some other info I got, I was able to piece things together and figure out what some of the more advanced research in the conventional explosives is all about.
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