The Chemistry Book

Chemistry is told here as a story of people and problems, running from alchemical experiment to modern materials science and drug development. Key discoveries, laws and figures are presented with diagrams, timelines and short explanations that keep the reasoning visible, so a reader can see why an idea mattered at the moment it appeared. The volume works as a companion to school chemistry and as general reading about how matter behaves and why it behaves that way. Points of interest: • Milestones from early alchemy to contemporary materials research • Diagrams and timelines supporting each major discovery • Profiles of the chemists behind familiar laws and reactions • Sits in the Big Ideas Simply Explained collection Appropriate for students, science readers and school libraries, published by DK Publishing and available at Boipoka.