The Joy of Chemistry: The Amazing Science of Familiar Things Book

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS....................9
OPENING QUOTE....................11
APOLOGIA....................13
PREFACE....................15
A FEW NECESSARY WORDS ON SAFETY....................17
SHOPPING LIST AND SOLUTIONS....................21
A MOMENT FOR METRIC....................27
INTRODUCTION-IT Begins with a Bang ... and a Splat....................33
PART 1 INTRODUCTION: Theory, Octaves, and Scales....................41
CHAPTER 1. Electrons and Atoms, Elephants and Fleas....................45
CHAPTER 2. Periodically Speaking....................55
CHAPTER 3. Reason, Reactions, and Redox....................75
CHAPTER 4. The Basic Stuff....................87
CHAPTER 5. Chemical Partners: Who Does What to Whom....................97
CHAPTER 6. The Tie That Binds, the Chemicals That Bond....................109
CHAPTER 7. Sticking to Principles....................123
CHAPTER 8. Slipping and Sliding, Intermolecularly....................133
CHAPTER 9. Concentration-On Being Alone Together....................145
CHAPTER 10. It's a Gas....................153
CHAPTER 11. When Gases Put On Airs....................163
CHAPTER 12. Crystal Clear Chemistry....................177
CHAPTER 13. When Matters Heat Up....................191
CHAPTER 14. A Whole New Phase....................203
CHAPTER 15. Equilibrium-Chemistry's Two-Way Street....................223
CHAPTER 16. Colligative Properties-Strength in Numbers....................237
CHAPTER 17. Chemical Kinetics-A Veritable Explosion....................247
CHAPTER 18. Electrons and Photons-Turning on the Light....................257
PART 2 INTRODUCTION: Playing the Tunes....................267
CHAPTER 1. Simply Organic....................277
CHAPTER 2. Chemistry Rocks....................289
CHAPTER 3. The Body of Chemistry Meets the Chemistry of the Body....................301
CHAPTER 4. Chemist as Analyst....................315
CHAPTER 5. Harry, Hogwarts, and Folk Pharmacopoeias-Mysteries in the Past and Magic in the Future....................329
EPILOGUE....................337
APPENDIX: Elements Listed by Name, Symbol, and Atomic Number....................339
ENDNOTES AND CREDITS....................349
INDEX....................355