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Textbook in PDF format Some of the most exciting scientific developments in recent years have come not from theoretical physicists, astronomers, or molecular biologists but instead from the chemistry lab. Chemists have created superconducting ceramics for brain scanners, designed liquid crystal flat screens for televisions and watch displays, and made fabrics that change color while you wear them. They have fashioned metals from plastics, drugs from crude oil, and have pinpointed the chemical pollutants affecting our atmosphere and are now searching for remedies for the imperiled planet. Philip Ball, an editor for the prestigious magazine Nature, lets the lay reader into the world of modern chemistry. Here, for example, chemists find new uses for the improbable buckminsterfullerene molecules--60-atom carbon soccerballs, dubbed "buckyballs"--which seem to have applications for everything from lubrication to medicine to electronics. The book is not intended as an introduction to chemistry, but as an accessible survey of recent developments throughout many of the major fields allied with chemistry: from research in traditional areas such as crystallography and spectroscopy to entirely new fields of study such as molecular electronics, artificial enzymes, and "smart" polymer gels. Ball's grand tour along the leading edge of scientific discovery will appeal to all curious readers, with or without any scientific training, to chemistry students looking for future careers, and to practicing chemical researchers looking for information on other specialties within their discipline. Editorial Reviews From Library Journal Ball, an editor for the journal Nature, showcases the excitement of contemporary chemistry by departing from the standard subdivisions of the science and emphasizing the integration of input from biology, electronics, chaos, climatology, and other disciplines. His book is not a comprehensive treatment but rather a compilation of a variety of topics such as the highly publicized buckyballs and the less well known quasicrystals. Ball discusses these topics in an orderly progression from the changes in traditional research areas through the impact of the increased knowledge of molecular functionalities and concludes with a look at the consequences of the process of chemistry itself. The bibliography is current as of 1993, and its entries have been classified according to the level of the reader. Although this book is intended for the nonspecialist, a basic knowledge of chemistry would enhance appreciation of much of the material. Recommended for academic and large public libraries. Jan Williams, Monsanto Co., St. Louis Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Booklist Astrophysicists capture more headlines, but chemists are discovering new substances that may affect our future lives profoundly. An editor at Nature, Ball explains how chemists are exploiting new technologies to make enzyme catalysts for industry, to develop new synthetic superconductors, to fabricate high-strength plastics from liquid-crystal polymers, to control the effects of pollution on the environment, and to create revolutionary drugs based on nucleic acids rather than proteins. Breakthroughs that hold promise of practical application receive the most attention, but the author does speculate on chemistry's status among the sciences as he probes into the theoretical significance of ultrafast spectroscopy, chiral discrimination, and chaotic dynamics. Ball writes for the nonspecialist, defining each technical term introduced in the text and clarifying difficult points with diagrams and illustrations. Nonetheless, readers without at least a rudimentary knowledge of chemistry will probably feel overwhelmed. Bryce Christensen Reviews "Winner of the 1994 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Chemistry, Association of American Publishers" "In this very readable and enjoyable book, Ball [offers] a whirlwind guided tour through some of the most exciting topics in modern chemistry, molecular physics, and materials science... Lucidly written... with an acute awareness of recent advances and an excellent understanding of their intrinsic scientific content." ― Physics World "A tour de force of popular science writing."---John Postgate, The, Times Literary Supplement "This book is like a clean fresh breeze, and puts the image of chemistry back into proper perspective... [It] should be used... to help convey to students... enthusiasm for modern research."---Rudolph Fahnenstich, Angewandte Chemie "It covers almost every possible recent development in chemistry in just the right amount of detail... The old disciplines of organic, inorganic and physical chemistry of the stuffy textbooks are ploughed over and a new patchwork of fields created to fill their place."---David Bradley, New Scientist About the Author Philip Ball is a freelance writer and broadcaster, and was an editor at Nature for more than twenty years. He writes regularly in the scientific and popular media and has written many books on the interactions of the sciences, the arts, and wider culture, including H2O: A Biography of Water and The Music Instinct. His book Critical Mass won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books. Ball is also the 2022 recipient of the Royal Society’s Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal for contributions to the history, philosophy, or social roles of science. He trained as a chemist at the University of Oxford and as a physicist at the University of Bristol, and he was an editor at Nature for more than twenty years. He lives in London

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