Asimov on chemistry [17 essays]

Isaac Asimov First published 1974

About this book

Collection of essays:

PART I. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY The weighting game Slow burn The element of perfection Welcome, stranger! Death in the laboratory To tell a chemist

PART II. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY The evens have it

PART III. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY You too can speak Gaelic

PART IV. BIOCHEMISTRY The haste-makers Life's bottleneck The egg and wee That's life Not as we know it

PART V. GEOCHEMISTRY Recipe for a planet No more ice ages?

PART VI. GENERAL The nobelmen of science The Isaac winners