The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry

Larry Gonick; Craig Criddle
HarperCollins
9780060936778
0-06-093677-0

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.

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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!