All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 71
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Review
Materials with a broad brush
This book attempts to address all aspects of the very broad discipline of materials chemistry
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Its all about orbitals
This is a readable and engaging introduction to chemistry at a fairly demanding first year undergraduate level
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Assessing Risks
This book is a clear and well-written introduction to chemical toxicology and risk assessment
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Organic helping hand
This workbook accompanies Wyatt and Warren's supremely useful and practical text Organic Synthesis
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Reaction mechanisms
Reading this book has taken me back 50 years to the lectures we had from Peter Sykes on organic reaction mechanisms
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On the three laws
Readers might suspect that doing chemical thermodynamics at a glance is rather like tossing back a fine cognac in a gulp
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A paradox's coming of age
Considering the major advances in the exciting area of biological inorganic chemistry that the last decade has seen
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Review
Magnetism updated
Magnetic properties of compounds and phases feature in undergraduate science courses in part because of their current technological importance
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Feature
Playing the genes you're dealt
Predictive toxicogenomics uses the genetic hand you're dealt to forecast your reaction to environmental chemicals. Lisa Melton reports
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What David did next
After seven years as the UK government's chief scientific adviser, chemist David King is still fighting to keep climate change at the top of the political agenda.
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A new beginning
As BP approaches its centenary, Sean Milmo finds out how the UK energy giant plans to innovate its way out its recent troubles and to navigate a turbulent market
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Sparks of creation
Chemists are at the forefront of synthetic biology, the burgeoning field that could soon create artificial life. Ananyo Bhattacharya reports
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FeatureGenome maverick
In an exclusive interview, controversial scientist and entrepreneur Craig Venter tells Richard Corfield how he thinks synthetic genomics can save the planet
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Opinion
Life-changing chemistry
Which chemist's work has touched the most lives? Marie Curie? Louis Pasteur? Joseph Lister?