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Autor: John Emsley

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John Emsley is a popular science writer whose first book, The Consumer“s Good Chemical Guide, won the 1995 Science Book Prize and has been translated into 12 other languages. Then came Molecules at an Exhibition, Vanity, Vitality & Virility, and Better Looking, Better Living, Better Loving, A Healthy, Wealthy, Sustainable World all devoted to the benefits of chemistry. A Healthy, Wealthy, Sustainable World will deal with the things we regard as essential to a developed lifestyle and which depend on chemistry, namely food, water, fuel, healing drugs and plastics, as well as other areas where its role is less obvious, such as city living and sport.




13 Ebooks von John Emsley

John Emsley: The 13th Element
The incredible ‚glowing‘ history of the ‚Devil’s element ‚phosphorus Discovered by alchemists, prescribed by apothecaries, exploited by ninth-century industrialists, and abused by twentieth-century …
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Englisch
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€19.99
John Emsley: A Healthy, Wealthy, Sustainable World
This book explains to the general reader the roles of chemistry in various areas of life ranging from the entirely personal to the worryingly global. These roles are currently not widely appreciated …
EPUB
Englisch
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€24.99
John Emsley: Chemistry at Home
Hand cream, detergent, shower gel, toothpaste, toilet cleaner, air freshener, lipstick, perfume, low-fat spread, painkiller, diet drink, insect repellent… hundreds of everyday products that make our …
EPUB
Englisch
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€28.99
John Emsley: Molecules of Murder
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 …
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Englisch
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€21.99
John Emsley: More Molecules of Murder
How can a plant as beautiful as the foxglove be so deadly and yet for more than a century be used to treat heart disease? The same is true of other naturally occurring molecules as will be revealed i …
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Englisch
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€23.99
John Mann: Turn On and Tune In
Timothy Leary’s advice to ‚tune in, turn on and drop out‘ was a 1960s exhortation to experiment with LSD, but humans had been consuming ergot alkaloids related to lysergic acid diethylamide for at …
EPUB
Englisch
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€32.99
John Emsley: Molecules at an Exhibition
What is it in chocolate that makes us feel good when we eat it? What’s the molecule that turns men on? What’s the secret of Coca-Cola? In this fascinating book, John Emsley takes us on a guided tour …
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Englisch
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€15.60
John Emsley: Molecules at an Exhibition
What is it in chocolate that makes us feel good when we eat it? What’s the molecule that turns men on? What’s the secret of Coca-Cola? In this fascinating book, John Emsley takes us on a guided tour …
EPUB
Englisch
DRM
€15.58
John Emsley: Vanity, Vitality, and Virility
Vanity, Vitality, and Virility is a fascinating portrait gallery of chemicals involved in our everyday life, from Viagra and selenium to whispering asphalt, nappies, and chewing gum. While it will …
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Englisch
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€9.38
John Emsley: Elements of Murder
How can a chemical we need on a daily basis to keep us healthy be fatal at a different dose? Why should elements that are intrinsically dangerous be used in medicine? How did poisoners use the …
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Englisch
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€12.51
John Emsley: Nature’s Building Blocks
John Emsley’s Nature’s Building Bocks was published in paperback in 2003. In this readable, informative, and fascinating guide to the elements are entries on each of the 100-odd chemical elements, …
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Englisch
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€19.62
John Emsley: Elements of Murder
This book is about elements that kill. Mercury, arsenic, antimony, lead, and thallium can be lethal, as many a poisoner knew too well. Emsley explores the gruesome history of these elements and those …
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Englisch
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€12.47
John Emsley: A Healthy, Wealthy, Sustainable World
This book explains to the general reader the roles of chemistry in various areas of life ranging from the entirely personal to the worryingly global. These roles are currently not widely appreciated …
PDF
Englisch
DRM
€24.99