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The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry
Paperback
Series: Cartoon Guide, Book 10
ChemistryGeneral Graphic NovelsGeneral Science
Publisher Price: $23.99
ISBN13: 9780060936778
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: May 3 2005
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.80 Width: 7.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
If you have ever suspected that heavy water is the title of a bootleg Pink Floyd album, believed that surface tension is an anxiety disorder, or imagined that a noble gas is the result of a heavy meal at Buckingham Palace, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry to set you on the road to chemical literacy!
The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry, a collaboration between preeminent scientist Professor Craig Criddle of Stanford University and cartoonist Larry Gonick, is a complete and up-to-date course in college-level chemistry. In engaging and humorous graphic style, the book covers both the history and the basics, including:
- Early ideas and techniquesElectrochemistryOrganic chemistryBiochemistryEnvironmental chemistryPhysics as chemistryAnd much more!
You don't need to be a scientist to grasp these and many other complex ideas, because The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry explains them all: the history and basics of chemistry, atomic theory, combustion, solubility, reaction stoichiometry, the mole, entropy, and much more--all explained in simple, clear, and yes, funny illustrations. Chemistry will never be the same!
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