Better Looking, Better Living, Better Loving: How Chemistry can Help You Achieve Life's Goals Book

Explaining the Things We Use Now - and News from the Future     IX
Acknowledgements     XI
Things to Bear in Mind     1
Food Calories     1
Organic     1
Trade Names     1
Money     2
Large and Small Measures     2
Chemical Names     2
News from the Future     3
Glossary     3
Introduction - The Right Chemistry     5
Better Looking (I): Hair, Eyes, Teeth, Nails     9
News from the Future     9
Crowning Glory     10
Thinning on Top     15
I Can See Clearly Now ...     20
A Gleaming Smile     25
Nailed     31
Better Looking (II) and Better Living (I): Medical Advances     37
News from the Future     37
Skin Diseases: Acne, Eczema, and Psoriasis     38
Acne     40
Eczema     42
Psoriasis     44
An Agile or Fragile Old Age?     46
Carbohydrate as Cures     54
Anaesthetics     60
Better Loving: The Not-so-dirty Weekend     67
News from the Future     67
SmellyChemistry     68
Wash All My Cares Away     72
It's the Pits, Man     75
Antiperspirants     78
Deodorants     81
Something for the Weekend, Sir?     83
We Just Got Carried Away Mum     88
Better Living (II); Improving Our Diet     93
News from the Future     93
Carbohydrates     95
Manna from Heaven ...     101
Low I[subscript 2] Means Low IQ     105
Functional Foods     110
Crap Food? Feeding the Fifty Billion     114
Hot, Hot, Hot     118
Better Living (III): Minor Metals for Major Advances     125
News from the Future     125
Solar Panels Provide Photovoltaic (PV) Power     126
Glass is Green     337
The Magic of Titanium     143
The Future's Blue     147
Better Living (IV): Chemistry in the Home     153
News from the Future     153
Wash All My Troubles Away: Laundry Aids     154
Surfactants     159
Foam Regulators     161
Builders     161
Anti-redeposition Agents     163
Dye Transfer Inhibitors      164
Peroxide Bleach and Bleach Activators     164
Fluorescing Agents     166
Fragrances     167
Fabric Softeners     167
All Washed Up?     169
Malodours and Air Fresheners     172
Better Looking (II): The Art of the Chemist     177
News from the Future     177
Colour     179
Red     180
Blue     184
Yellow     186
Green     187
Purple     188
Brown     188
Black     189
White     189
Oils and Varnishes     190
Analysis     191
Conservation     194
Restoration     197
Frauds and Fakes     200
Glossary     205
Index     217