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The Chemistry Book

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The Chemistry Book

By: DK
Narrated by: Laura Brydon
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Discover and understand the key ideas that underpin the core science of chemistry and learn about the great minds who uncovered them.

Written in plain English, The Chemistry Book is packed with short, pithy explanations of some of the most historic moments in science, from the birth of atomic theory to the discovery of polythene and the development of new vaccine technologies to combat COVID-19.

Arranged in chronological order, the book covers key themes in the physical and natural sciences, such as geochemistry and the elements. Within each chapter, a series of articles traces the history of scientific thought and introduces the work of the scientists who have shaped the subject such as John Dalton, Marie Curie, Dmitri Mendeleev, Kathleen Lonsdale, and Stephanie Kwolek. Along the way, the audiobook addresses some of the most fundamental questions in science, such as what is the universe made of, how is matter created, and what are the chemical bonds that make life possible?

Whether you are new to chemistry, a student of the sciences, or just want to keep up with and understand the latest news and scientific debates, The Chemistry Book is for you.

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I study chemistry everyday and this book gives excellent reference to the topics. I then can take a deep dive on my own using other sources.
Having a directory like this is essential to someone like me who is self taught and seeks order in the categorical maze of chemistry.
I highly recommend this book to people who earnestly self teach themselves.

This is all this information I ever wanted in a chemistry book.

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Just a chronological statement of events, no development of story at all. The narrator didn’t appear to have any knowledge of the subject matter with mispronunciations and a strange speech cadence. I didn’t get more than a couple hours into it.

No apparent story line and narrator could have been better

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