Author: Larry Gonick

Title: The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 250

Release Date: 2005-01-01

Details: 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 techniques Electrochemistry Organic chemistry Biochemistry Environmental chemistry Physics as chemistry And 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!

EAN: 9780060936778

Package Dimensions: Height: 9.25 Inches, Length: 7.38 Inches, Weight: 0.74736706818 Pounds, Width: 0.58 Inches