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Strange Chemistry

English

By (author): S Farmer Steven Farmer

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 See more
€59.99
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Product Details
  • Weight: 508g
  • Dimensions: 147 x 224mm
  • Publication Date: 25 Aug 2017
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781119265269

About S FarmerSteven Farmer

STEVEN FARMER, Ph.D., has worked as a chemistry instructor at California State University, Sacramento and at University of California, Davis. Currently, he holds the position of Professor of Chemistry at Sonoma State University (SSU). Dr. Farmer is a seasoned teacher with over a decade of experience teaching general chemistry, organic chemistry, and advanced organic synthesis courses. He has earned six teaching awards, including the Sarlo Excellence in Teaching Award, which is given to only one of the over 500 SSU faculty each year. He performs research involving chemical education and is actively involved in giving outreach lectures to the public.

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