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Everything Is Natural Exploring How Chemicals Are Natural, How Nature Is Chemical and Why That Should Excite Us James Kennedy Monash College, Australia Since the early 1990s, advances in toxicology have allowed scientists to detect traces of adulterant substances in everyday products - even down to parts per billion concentrations. We can now detect the presence of harmful ingredients at levels so low that they actually cause no harm. This book explores the history of chemical fears and the recent events that amplified it. It describes how consumers, teachers, doctors, lawmakers and journalists can help make better connections with the public by telling stories that are more engaging about chemistry and materials science.
The Polymer Revolution How Polymer Scientists Made the Modern World Peter Morris Science Museum, UK
Paperback | 168 pages 9781839162404 | 2021 £19.99 | $27.99
Paperback | 200 pages 9781782628279 | 2022 £23.99 | $34.00
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Through the lives of 24 polymer scientists and the fields in which they worked, this book presents an overview of the history of polymer science. It shows how polymer science transformed from the nineteenth century to today, how advances in polymer science were spurred on by developments in industry and at the same time, new polymers became possible. It also presents how certain key individuals from different countries played an important role in the history of polymer science. An important and interesting topic that is not well known or well understood by some chemists or the public, this book informs and entertains at the same time. The Science of Ice Cream 3rd Edition Chris Clarke ex-Unilever, UK | Andrew Cox Unilever Research and Development, UK Ice cream as we recognize it today has been in existence for at least 300 years, though its origins probably go much further back in time. The updated version of this established text begins with the history of ice cream, subsequent chapters looking at the link between the microscopic and macroscopic properties and how these relate to the ultimate texture of the product. Information on nutritional aspects and developments in new products and processes for making ice cream are covered. The chapter on making ice cream better for you has been expanded and a new section on non-dairy (e.g. vegan or plant-based) ice cream is included. One or two additional experiments have also been added. The book is accessible, has authenticity and immediacy, being written by active industrial practitioners, and is ideal for undergraduate food science students as well as those working in the food industry.
Hardback | 250 pages 9781839164866 | 2022 £29.99 | $42.00
March of the Pigments Mary Virginia Orna New Rochelle, USA
Hardback | 405 pages 9781839163159 | 2022 £29.99 | $42.99
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Take a colorful walk through human ingenuity. Humans have been unpacking the earth to use pigments since cavemen times. Starting out from surface pigments for cave paintings, we have dug deep for minerals, mined oceans for colors and exploited the world of plants and animals. Mary Virginia Orna, a world-recognized expert on color, will lead you through an illuminating journey exploring the science behind pigments. Pausing for reflections en route to share stories around pigment use and discoveries informed by history, religion, sociology and human endeavour, this book will have you absorbing science and regaling tales. Jam packed with nuggets of information, March of the Pigments will have the curiously minded and the expert scientist turning pages to discover more.
The Chemistry of Plants Perfumes, Pigments and Poisons 2nd Edition Margareta Séquin San Francisco State University, USA
Paperback | 206 pages 9781788019019 | 2021 £29.99 | $42.00
The Science of Running a Consultancy William P Edwards Bardfield Consultants, UK
Hardback | 300 pages 9781788017787 | 2022 £45.00 | $60.00
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Aimed at chemical consultancy, although the principles can be applied more broadly, this book shows the reader how to set themselves up as an independent consultant. The author focusses not only on the essential business functions, from being a sole trader, accounting and marketing, but also pays attention to the necessary mindset needed, with particular respect to those making the move from employee to consultant. Various other activities, such as those which raise your international profile like writing, to running training courses and acting as an expert witness are included.
This second edition retains the main objective of presenting organic chemistry and its compounds in an accessible and inviting way by linking it with the world of plants. Chemistry tends to be considered as a field that is hard to comprehend but the colours, fragrances, and defensive substances that plants produce and their uses serve as an introduction to chemistry. The book is a combination of organic chemistry with the living world of plants and an introduction to organic plant compounds for the non-chemist. The author, an organic chemist and plant enthusiast, has taught popular undergraduate college level courses on plant chemistry to non-chemistry majors and numerous field seminars to the general public. The comments and questions from these audiences and the topics that especially captivated them have greatly shaped this book. The book can be used both as a text to introduce organic chemistry as it relates to plants and as a text of reference for more advanced readers.
Vampirology The Science of Horror's Most Famous Fiend Kathryn Harkup UK
Paperback | 278 pages 9781839161575 | 2021 £19.99 | $27.99
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Our fascination with the vampire myth has scarcely diminished since Bram Stoker first published the classic Dracula tale in 1897, but howmuch of the lore is based in fact and can science explain the origins of the most famous fiend? Vampirology charts the murky waters of the vampire myth - from stories found in many cultures across the globe to our sympathetic pop-culture renditions today - to investigate how a scientific interpretation may shed light on the fears and phenomena of the vampire myth.
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