The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry

Description

If you have ever suspected that "heavy water" is the title of a bootleg Pink Floyd album, believed that surface tension is an anxiety disorder, or imagined that a noble gas is the result of a heavy meal at Buckingham Palace, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry to set you on the road to chemical literacy. You don't need to be a scientist to grasp these and many other complex ideas, because The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry explains them all: the history and basics of chemistry, atomic theory, combustion, solubility, reaction stoichiometry, the mole, entropy, and much more—all explained in simple, clear, and yes, funny illustrations. Chemistry will never be the same! CHAPTER 1. HIDDEN INGREDIENTS 1 CHAPTER 2. MATTER BECOMES ELECTRIC 17 CHAPTER 3. TOGETHERNESS 45 CHAPTER 4. CHEMICAL REACTIONS 67 CHAPTER 5. HEAT OF REACTION 85 CHAPTER 6. MATTER IN A STATE 105 CHAPTER 7. SOLUTIONS 129 CHAPTER 8. REACTION RATE AND EQUILIBRIUM 141 CHAPTER 9. ACID BASICS 165 CHAPTER 10. CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS 191 CHAPTER 11. ELECTROCHEMISTRY 209 CHAPTER 12. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 227 APPENDIX USING LOGARITHMS 243 INDEX 245