$67.99
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2017
Summary
Decoding the Aisles: Your Guide to Chemistry in the Marketplace
Chemicals are everywhere, both natural and synthetic, safe and dangerous… or is it? Navigate the supermarket and beyond with informed confidence. Should you choose organic? Are anti-wrinkle creams a scam? Are BPA-free plastics worth the cost?
This Sixth Edition of Chemistry in the Marketplace offers clear explanations, compelling facts, and entertaining stories about the science behind everyday products…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781486303328 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1486303323 |
| Author: | Ben Selinger, Russell Barrow |
| Publisher: | CSIRO Publishing |
| Imprint: | CSIRO Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Edition: | 6th |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2017 |
| Weight: | 1.30kg |
| Dimensions: | 245mm x 170mm |
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Critics Review
“Unique book which makes chemistry come alive.”
“This is a wide-ranging, detailed and authoritative text, presented clearly and attractively with numerous images, tables and diagrams…it is good to see a text that has retained the essential chemistry and has not been oversimplified for the popular science market”.- Janet Mitchell, School Science Review
About The Author
Ben Selinger
Ben Selinger AM is Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University. His extracurricular activities have included consumer protection, regulating Australia’s chemicals, and providing features on science on talk-back radio and for the Canberra Times. He was awarded a Eureka Prize for Science Communication by the Australian Museum.
Russell Barrow is an Associate Professor in the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University. He researches the roles of chemicals in natural systems, including chemicals involved in ecological processes such as plant pollination and the chemistry of compounds from mushrooms that are used traditionally in Papua New Guinea.
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