CHEMISTRY IN CONTEXT: APPLYING CHEMISTRY TO SOCIETY
ISBN: 0073048763
ISBN 13: 9780073048765
Author: AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Edition: 6 th
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
Publication Date: Jan 01, 2008
Pages: 672
Book Summary
Following in the tradition of the first five editions, the goal of this market leading textbook, "Chemistry in Context, Fifth Edition", is to establish chemical principles on a need-to-know basis within a contextual framework of significant social, political, economic and ethical issues. The non traditional approach of "Chemistry in Context" reflect today's technological issues and the chemistry principles imbedded within them. Global warming, alternate fuels, nutrition, and genetic engineering are examples of issues that are covered in "CIC".