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Most people remember chemistry from their schooldays as largely incomprehensible, a subject that was fact-rich but understanding-poor, smelly, and so far removed from the real world of events and pleasures that there seemed little point, except for the...

Fully updated to cover the current CCEA AS Level Chemistry specification. Following the same content as the specification, the book is presented in full colour with over one hundred illustrations. The bright, clear layout will aid students'...

Organic Chemistry I For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119293378) was previously published as Organic Chemistry I For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781118828076). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior...

Build essential maths, literacy and working scientifically skills to boost marks in GCSE Physics and ensure that students reach their full potential.Suitable for all specifications, this skills book provides additional support and will help to:- Sharpen...

Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: ChemistryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016AQA ApprovedHelp students to apply and develop their knowledge, progressing from basic concepts to more complicated Chemistry, with worked examples,...

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...

Exam board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: ChemistryFirst teaching: September 2018First exam: Summer 2019Practice makes permanent. Feel confident and prepared for the SQA Higher Chemistry exam with this two-in-one book, containing practice questions for every...

Organic chemistry is the chemistry of compounds of carbon. The ability of carbon to link together to form long chain molecules and ring compounds as well as bonding with many other elements has led to a vast array of organic compounds. These compounds...

This new edition of the unrivalled textbook introduces concepts such as the quantum theory of scattering by a potential, special and general cases of adding angular momenta, time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory, and systems of...

Exam Board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: ChemistryFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: Summer 2018Unlock your students' full potential with these revision guides from our best-selling series My Revision NotesWith My Revision Notes your students can:-...

"Wolke, longtime professor of chemistry and author of the Washington Post column Food 101, turns his hand to a Cecil Adams style compendium of questions and answers on food chemistry. Is there really a difference between supermarket and sea salt? How is...

Ensure students achieve top exam marks, and can confidently progress to further study, with an academically rigorous yet accessible approach from Cambridge examiners. With full syllabus match, extensive practice and exam guidance this new edition embeds...

Endorsed by Eduqas, the Study and Revision Guide is written by experienced teachers and examiners, providing you with high quality support you can trust. / It provides essential underpinning knowledge to recap and revise as well as supporting the...

Chemistry enables our eyes to detect the world around us; it determines whether something tastes sweet or sour; it helps genetic information pass accurately from one generation to the next. Ultimately, chemistry powers life itself. We don't need to dig...

Why does chocolate taste so good? Why do we seek 'the one'? How do traits such as intelligence, creativity and violence arise and what purpose do they serve? This book links these characteristics to the origins of life, showing that the conditions...

Covering the current CCEA Chemistry specification, this edition has been subject to a detailed quality assurance process by an independent Chemistry expert. It is full colour throughout with over 100 illustrations, sample examination questions and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982725801Author Robert KarplusFormat PaperbackPage Count 540Imprint Fernand BrunschwigPublisher Fernand BrunschwigWeight(grams) 916gDimensions(mm) 235mm...

Exam Board: OCR Level: A-Level Subject: Chemistry First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: Summer 2017Create confident, literate and well-prepared students with skills-focused, topic-specific workbooks.Our Student Workbooks build students'...

Target success in Science with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam-style tasks and practical tips to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their...

This practical book provides detailed guidance on all aspects of clean room airflow, the mechanics of airflow, and how microbial contamination is carried. Ljungqvist and Reinmuller draw on years of experience in clean room design and operation. The book...

This indispensable CGP Year 2 AQA A-Level Chemistry Exam Practice Workbook has hundreds of realistic exam questions covering every topic students need to know. There's also a section of mixed (synoptic) questions and exam tips throughout to help them...

GRIPPING, MOVING AND INSPIRING: the remarkable life of a world-leading expert in chemical weapons defence."Unlike any account of warfare I've read" - Billy BillinghamFor thirty years, Hamish has served and volunteered in conflict zones around the world...

Fundamental Toxicology is a concise and comprehensive review of toxicology. It is based on the highly successful Fundamental Toxicology for Chemists and has been enriched and expanded. Every chapter in this new edition has been revised and updated, and...

The two volumes of Maths for Chemists provide an excellent resource for all undergraduate chemistry students but are particularly focussed on the needs of students who may not have studied mathematics beyond GCSE level (or equivalent). The texts are...

This popular science title covers adhesion science in an easily accessible entertaining manner. As well as outlining types of adhesion and their importance in everyday life, the book covers interesting future applications of adhesion and inspiration...

In The Secrets of Alchemy, Lawrence M. Principe, one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, brings alchemy out of the shadows and restores it to its important place in human history and culture. By surveying what alchemy was and how it began,...

Syllabus: CfE and SQALevel: S1-N4Subject: ChemistryFirst Teaching: 2014, First Exam: 2015 Masses of practice questions for every topic on the CfE and SQA curricula. Essential extra questions for every topic on the curriculum, to...

Build essential maths, literacy and working scientifically skills to boost marks in GCSE Chemistry and ensure that students reach their full potential.Suitable for all specifications, this skills book provides additional support and will help to:-...

The fifth edition of this engaging and established textbook provides students with a complete course in chemical literacy and assumes minimal prior experience of science and maths. Written in an accessible and succinct style, this book offers...

N.B. This is the old edition. There is a 2nd Edition of this book available.About the AuthorPeter Blake is a former lecturer and senior lecturer in Chemistry at St Andrews and Cardiff Universities. He has been an examiner for A Level Chemistry for...

Most people remember chemistry from their schooldays as a subject that was largely incomprehensible, fact-rich but understanding-poor, smelly, and so far removed from the real world of events and pleasures that there seemed little point, except for the...

Exam Board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: ChemistryFirst Teaching: September 2014First Exam: Summer 2015Ideal practice material for one of the most challenging areas for Higher Chemistry candidates.This edition of Test Your Higher Chemistry Calculations...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780901716934Author Sir Alan CottrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Maney PublishingPublisher Maney PublishingWeight(grams) 860g

Poverty remains one of the most urgent issues of our time. In this fully updated edition of her important and widely acclaimed intervention on the topic, Ruth Lister introduces readers to the meaning and experience of poverty in the contemporary world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400048830Author Mark EberhartFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Mathematical skills and concepts lie at the heart of chemistry, yet they are the aspect of the subject that many students fear the most. Maths for Chemistry recognizes the challenges faced by many students in equipping themselves with the maths skills...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585423316Author Penny Le CouteurFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Jeremy P TarcherPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Biological and chemical processes play a key role in the treatment of domestic wastewater and are becoming increasingly important in tackling the problems caused by industrial wastes. The first edition of this popular text focused on microbial systems...

Molecules of Murder is about infamous murderers and famous victims; about people like Harold Shipman, Alexander Litvinenko, Adelaide Bartlett, and Georgi Markov. Few books on poisons analyse these crimes from the viewpoint of the poison itself, doing so...

The goal of Molecules, Microbes, and Meals is to provide an overview of the science of food, exploring all aspects of how food products we purchase and consume come to have the characteristics they do. The key focus is on the science underpinning the...