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| Genre/Form: | Popular works |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Philip Ball |
| 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 well...Ball is the right person to write this gospel...At no point does Stories of the Invisible sacrifice sound science for sound bites--we are in the hands of a scholar and true believer."--John Emsley, NatureScience News. "Ball's inspiring tour this small world illustrates how molecules assemble and fuction and how that action influences myriad aspects of the macro world."--Science News"Ball uses the same refreshing style evident in his previous books...to bring the world of chemistry to the lay reader."--Library Journal"An intriguing, quick-reading introduction to chemistry's state of play."--Booklist"Pop-science enthusiasts will eat it up."--Publishers Weekly "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 well...Ball is the right person to write this gospel...At no point does Stories of the Invisible sacrifice sound science for sound bites--we are in the hands of a scholar and true believer."--John Emsley, Nature Science News. "Ball's inspiring tour this small world illustrates how molecules assemble and fuction and how that action influences myriad aspects of the macro world."--Science News "Ball uses the same refreshing style evident in his previous books...to bring the world of chemistry to the lay reader."--Library Journal "An intriguing, quick-reading introduction to chemistry's state of play."--Booklist "Pop-science enthusiasts will eat it up."--Publishers Weekly "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 well...Ball is the right person to write this gospel...At no point does Stories of the Invisible sacrifice sound science for sound bites--we are in the hands of a scholar and true believer."--John Emsley, Nature Science News. "Ball's inspiring tour this small world illustrates how molecules assemble and fuction and how that action influences myriad aspects of the macro world."--Science News "Ball uses the same refreshing style evident in his previous books...to bring the world of chemistry to the lay reader."--Library Journal "An intriguing, quick-reading introduction to chemistry's state of play."--Booklist "Pop-science enthusiasts will eat it up."--Publishers Weekly "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 well...Ball is the right person to write this gospel...At no point does Stories of the Invisible sacrificesound science for sound bites--we are in the hands of a scholar and true believer."--John Emsley, NatureScience News. "Ball's inspiring tour this small world illustrates how molecules assemble and fuction and how that action influences myriad aspects of the macro world."--Science News"Ball uses the same refreshing style evident in his previous books...to bring the world of chemistry to the lay reader."--Library Journal"An intriguing, quick-reading introduction to chemistry's state of play."--Booklist"Pop-science enthusiasts will eat it up."--Publishers Weekly Read more...
