Emsley describes chemicals which affect every aspect of our daily lives, including anecdotes about their proper or improper uses.

Identifies a molecule of great historical and social importance for each decade of the 20th century. Provides information about its discovery and synthesis, wit

This collection features papers presented at the 147th Annual Meeting & Exhibition of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.

The book looks at 10 toxic molecules and discusses their chemistry and effects in humans, followed by a re-examination of their deliberate misuse in high profil