The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry

If you have ever suspected that "heavy water" is the title of a bootleg Pink Floyd album, believed that surface tension is an anxiety disorder, or imagined that a noble gas is the result of a heavy meal at Buckingham Palace, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry to set you on the road to chemical literacy!

The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry, a collaboration between preeminent scientist Professor Craig Criddle of Stanford University and cartoonist Larry Gonick, is a complete and up-to-date course in college-level chemistry. In engaging and humorous graphic style, the book covers both the history and the basics, including:

Early ideas and techniquesElectrochemistryOrganic chemistryBiochemistryEnvironmental chemistryPhysics as chemistryAnd much more!

You don't need to be a scientist to grasp these and many other complex ideas, because The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry explains them all: the history and basics of chemistry, atomic theory, combustion, solubility, reaction stoichiometry, the mole, entropy, and much more--all explained in simple, clear, and yes, funny illustrations. Chemistry will never be the same!

Author: Larry Gonick, Craig Criddle
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 05/03/2005
Series: Cartoon Guide
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.20w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780060936778