Chemistry

Chemistry, a branch of physical science, is the study of the composition, structure, properties and change of matter.

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science
Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life's Emergence
The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance
Carbon: The Book of Life
Pas de deux
Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race
Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us
The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins―From Spices to Vices
Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces
Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements
The Periodic Table
Lessons in Chemistry
General Chemistry (Dover Books on Chemistry)
Organic Chemistry
Uncle Tungsten
Physical Chemistry
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
Chemistry: The Central Science
Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. FeynmanStuff Matters by Mark MiodownikA Universe from Nothing by Lawrence M. KraussWhat If? by Randall Munroe
Best Physical Science Books
67 books — 42 voters
Elements of Molecular and Biomolecular Electrochemistry by Jean-Michel SavéantElectrochemical Methods by Allen J. BardModern Electrochemistry 1 by John O'M. BockrisModern Electrochemistry 2A by Amulya K.N. Reddy O'M. Bockris
Electrochemistry
4 books — 1 voter

Astrochemistry by Andrew M. ShawAstrochemistry and Astrobiology by Ian W.M. SmithChemistry of Space by PH D David E NewtonChemistry in Space by Dieter RehderPrinciples and Perspectives in Cosmochemistry by Aruna Goswami
Astrochemistry and astrobiology
14 books — 1 voter
Wallbanger by Alice ClaytonThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Law of Attraction by N.M. SilberPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenSeduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec
Witty/Funny Couples
582 books — 672 voters



Primo Levi
Chemistry, for me, had stopped being such a source. It led to the heart of Matter, and Matter was our ally precisely because the Spirit, dear to Fascism, was our enemy; but, having reached the fourth year of Pure Chemistry, I could no longer ignore the fact that chemistry itself, or at least that which we were being administered, did not answer my questions. To prepare phenyl bromide according to Gatterman was amusing, even exhilarating, but not very different from following Artusi's recipes. Wh ...more
Primo Levi, The Periodic Table

THE MAXIMS OF MEDICINE Before you examine the body of a patient, Be patient to learn his story. For once you learn his story, You will also come to know His body. Before you diagnose any sickness, Make sure there is no sickness in the mind or heart. For the emotions in a man’s moon or sun, Can point to the sickness in Any one of his other parts. Before you treat a man with a condition, Know that not all cures can heal all people. For the chemistry that works on one patient, May not work for th ...more
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

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