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

Most Read This Week Tagged "Chemistry"

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
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Chemistry Books

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
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Lists

The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaA Crack in Creation by Jennifer A. Doudna21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah HarariLife on the Edge by Johnjoe McFaddenThe Epigenetics Revolution by Nessa Carey
Science Books Published In/After 2012
118 books — 27 voters
Altered States by Paddy ChayefskyThe Witch of Agnesi by Robert SpillerMaze Master by Kathleen O'Neal GearThe Probability of Murder by Ada MadisonThe Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle
Favorite STEM Thriller
12 books — 2 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
A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia NasarEinstein by Walter IsaacsonThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesQuantum Man by Lawrence M. KraussGenius by James Gleick
Books ABOUT Nobel Laureates
132 books — 13 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootLab Girl by Hope JahrenSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonAlien Earths by Lisa KalteneggerInvisible Women by Caroline Criado Pérez
Women in Science
326 books — 103 voters
Cosmos by Carl SaganThe Double Helix by James D. WatsonThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaThe Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan SykesBreasts by Florence Williams
Science Time
94 books — 46 voters


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Groups Tagged "Chemistry"

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For students in CHE51-004-01 Chemistry of Food
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