TY - BOOK AU - Birch,Hayley TI - 50 chemistry ideas you really need to know T2 - 50 ideas you really need to know series SN - 9781848666672 U1 - 540.2 PY - 2015/// CY - London PB - Quercus KW - Chemistry KW - Miscellanea N2 - Chemistry is at the cutting edge of our lives. How does a silicon chip work? How can we harness natural elements to combat human disease? How did life begin--and can we make new, artifical life in the laboratory? With concise, illuminating explorations of these questions, this is an egaging guide to the world of chemistry. In 50 short instalments, and using timelines to place each theory in context, this is all you need to know about the most important ideas in chemistry, past and present ER -