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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52301408 Title: Stories of the invisible : a guided tour of molecules Author: Philip Ball Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2002. ISBN/ISSN: 0192803174 9780192803177 OCLC:52301408

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Stories of the invisible : a guided tour of molecules

Author:	Philip Ball
Publisher:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2002.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	Philip Ball shows that the world of the molecule is a dynamic place. Using the chemistry of life as a springboard, he looks at modern chemical science as a whole and demonstrates that living cells Read more...
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Subjects	Molecules -- Popular works. Chemistry -- Popular works. Chemistry. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Popular works
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Philip Ball Find more information about:
ISBN:	0192803174 9780192803177
OCLC Number:	52301408
Description:	xv, 204 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Contents:	Engineers of the invisible : making molecules -- Vital signs : the molecules of life -- Take the strain : materials from molecules -- The burning issue : molecules and energy -- Good little movers : molecular motors --Delivering the message : molecular communication -- The chemical computer : molecular information.
Responsibility:	Philip Ball.

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"In a society of chemical agnostics, it is a brave missionary who tries to reveal its mysteries, but that is what the author of Stories of the Invisible has attempted to do--and done remarkably Read more...

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