num_pages: 280
description: From cooking to medicine from engineering to art chemistrythe science of moleculesis everywhere. A celebration of the molecules of chemistry Every Molecule Tells a Story celebrates the molecules responsible for the experiences of everyday the air we breathe; the water we drink; the chemicals that fuel our living; the steroids that give us sex; the colours of the seasons; the drugs that heal us; and the scented molecules that enrich our diet and our encounters with each other. You cant see them but you know that they are there. Unveiling the structures of poisonous natural substances and beneficial man-made molecules this book brushes away any preconceived notions about chemistry to demonstrate why and how molecules matter.
language: English
title: Every Molecule Tells a Story
publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC