Climate change and global warming are two sides of the same coin since both trace their origins to the release of huge amounts of polluting gases from the burning of fossil fuels. The gases most often headlined in the global warming context are carbon dioxide, methane and some of the oxides of nitrogen.
Life operates on the nanometre scale. The fundamental processes of muscle action, reproduction, genetic inheritance, metabolism, and everything else that living things do, are what we now call ‘nano’. They are carried out by macromolecules within or near cells, with dimensions and distances measuring a few nanometres at most.
This book, originally published in France, investigates this growing international problem, its causes, and argues that recent developments can explain why fraudulent behaviour has become so prevalent.
If you ever wondered if a job in the fragrance industry would suit you, then this remarkable book by Charles Sell, one-time research head of a leading manufacturer of fragrances, will help you decide. Fundamentals of fragrance chemistry covers the subject comprehensively and in a very readable manner.
Water is one of the most important components contributing to life on earth. When viewed from space, it is obvious that it covers 75% of the Earth’s surface and fills the troposphere with clouds.
Author Wallace-Wells makes for compelling reading with a portentous narrative that foresees the end of the world as we know it today.
Fusion built the elements of the Periodic Table and enabled the formation of stars, planets and life in the Universe
The principal message of Charles Darwin’s treatise On the origin of species published in 1859 is that all animals, including humans, evolved from earlier species via natural selection.
Although this book, intended primarily for historians of chemistry, contains the proceedings of an international conference on the history of chemistry held in Portugal in 2015, it incorporates many novel and sometimes even offbeat ideas that will be of interest to a non-specialist readership.