Chemistry for dummies /
by John T. Moore.
- Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Pub., c2003.
- xviii, 362 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- for dummies .
- For dummies .
Includes index.
Part I: Basic Concepts of Chemistry. - Chapter 1: What Is Chemistry, and Why Do I Need to Know Some? - Chapter 2: Matter and Energy. -Chapter 3: Something Smaller Than an Atom? Atomic Structure. - Chapter 4: The Periodic Table (But No Chairs). - Chapter 5: Nuclear Chemistry: It'll Blow Your Mind. - Part II: Blessed Be the Bonds That Tie. - Chapter 6: Opposites Do Attract: Ionic Bonds. - Chapter 7: Covalent Bonds: Let's Share Nicely. Chapter 8: Chemical Cooking: Chemical Reactions. - Chapter 9: Electrochemistry: Batteries to Teapots. - Part III: The Mole: The Chemist's Best Friend. - Chapter 10: The Mole: Can You Dig It? - Chapter 11: Mixing Matter Up: Solutions. - Chapter 12: Sour and Bitter: Acids and Bases. - Chapter 13: Balloons, Tires, and Scuba Tanks: The Wonderful World of Gases. - Part IV: Chemistry in Everyday Life: Benefits and Problems. - Chapter 14: The Chemistry of Carbon: Organic Chemistry. - Chapter 15: Petroleum: Chemicals for Burning or Building. - Chapter 16: Polymers: Making Big Ones from Little Ones. - Chapter 17: Chemistry in the Home. - Chapter 18: Cough! Cough! Hack! Hack! Air Pollution. - Chapter 19: Brown, Chunky Water? Water Pollution. - Part V: The Part of Tens. - Chapter 20: Ten Serendipitous Discoveries in Chemistry. - Chapter 21: Ten Great Chemistry Nerds. - Chapter 22: Ten Useful Chemistry Web Sites.