num_pages: 364
description: This book opens the audience's eyes to the extraordinary scientific secrets hiding in everyday objects. Helping readers increase chemistry knowledge in a fun and entertaining way the book is perfect as a supplementary textbook or gift to curious professionals and novices.- Appeals to a modern audience of science lovers by discussing multiple examples of chemistry in everyday life- Addresses compounds that affect everyone in one way or another: poisons pharmaceuticals foods and illicit drugs; thereby evoking a powerful emotional response which increases interest in the topic at hand- Focuses on edgy types of stories that chemists generally tend to avoid so as not to paint chemistry in a bad light; however these are the stories that people find interesting- Provides detailed and sophisticated stories that increase the reader's fundamental scientific knowledge- Discusses complex topics in an engaging and accessible manner providing the how and why that takes readers deeper into the stories
language: None
title: Strange Chemistry: The Stories Your Chemistry Teacher Wouldn't Tell You
publisher: Wiley