Chemistry in context : applying chemistry to society - Middlecamp, Catherine (Dubuque : McGraw-Hill, 2012)
Chemistry for a sustainable future -- The air we breathe -- Protecting the ozone layer -- The chemistry of global warming -- Energy, chemistry, and society -- The water for life -- Neutralizing the threat of acid rain -- The fires of nuclear fission -- Energy from electron transfer -- The world of Polymers and plastics -- Manipulating molecules and designing drugs -- Nutrition: food for thought -- Genetic engineering and the molecules of life.
Includes index.
'A Product of the American Chemical Society.'
Keywords: Biochemistry; Environmental chemistry; Geochemistry