This full-color graphic history of chemistry - from ancient to modern times - is designed for the teen (or even adult) interested in the most central science to everyday life, chemistry, and how it came to be. Stephen M Cohen, who has a PhD in chemistry and has done comic strips and editorial cartoons in the past, discusses major chemical ideas and important scientists from around the world are discussed, from conservation of matter to the existence of atoms and molecules, from Antoine Lavoisier to Marie Curie, from environmental chemistry to polymers. Chemists often speak a phrase in their local language, contextual art, literature, music, history, politics, and even occasional dad-jokes and weird chemical facts are provided. The 'emcee' of the historical tour is the molecular-shaped Ben Zene, with an eccentric sidekick in the form of ancient Greek philosopher Democritos, who first postulated atoms.

Book Information
ISBN 9789811250408
Author Stephen Cohen
Format Hardback
Page Count 180
Imprint World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Publisher World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd