Reactions : the private life of atoms
(2011)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
541.39/ATKINS,P
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
©2011
©2011
DESCRIPTION
viii, 191 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780199695126 :, 0199695121, 0199695121 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Includes index
The basic tools. A preliminary remark : water and friends ; Matter falling out ; Give and take ; Burns night ; Back to basics ; Two hands clapping ; Electric occurrence ; The generation game ; The death of metal ; Civil partnerships ; Changing partners ; Marriage broking ; Divorce and reconciliation -- Assembling the workshop. Stringing along ; Snapping together ; Missile deployment ; Electronic warfare ; Fasteners ; Zippers ; Adding up ; Taking away ; Carbon footprints ; Networking opportunities -- Making light work. Dark matter ; Irritating atmospheres ; Seeing the light ; Green chemistry -- Building by design. Food for thought ; Grand designs -- Economizing