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
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
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

Cosmos by Carl SaganA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootPale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
Science Writing
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Nalini Singh
When he put the old-fashioned mechanical toy on her palm, she stopped breathing. It was a tiny representation of an atom, complete with colored ball bearings standing in for neutrons, protons, and on the outside, arranged on arcs of fine wire, electrons. Turning the key on the side made the electrons move, what she’d thought were ball bearings actually finely crafted spheres of glass that sparked with color. A brilliant, thoughtful, wonderful gift for a physics major. “Why magnesium?” she asked ...more
Nalini Singh, Tangle of Need

Susan Mallery
you're Shane, right?' He inched away from her and managed a quick nod as he twisted the rag he held in his fingers. 'Heidi sad you were willing to teach me how to ride.' Her expression shifted from entertained to confused, as if she was wondering why no one had mentioned he was a can or two shy of a six-pack. 'A horse,' he clarified, then wanted to kick himself. What else but a horse? Did he think she was here to learn to ride his mother's elephant? One corner of Annabelle's perfect, full mou ...more
Susan Mallery, Summer Nights

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