Middlecamp, Catherine, <br/><br/>
Chemistry in context :  applying chemistry to society / 
Catherine H. Middlecamp [and 6 others]. 
 - Eighth edition. 
 - xvi, 523 pages, 53 variously numbered pages :  colours illustrations ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/> 'American Chemical Society.' 
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Chemistry for a sustainable future -- The air we breathe -- Protecting the ozone layer -- The chemistry of global climate change -- Energy from combustion -- Water for life -- Neutralizing the threat of acid rain -- The fires of nuclear fission -- Energy from electron transfer? -- The world of polymers and plastics -- Manipulating molecules and designing drugs -- Nutrition : food for thought -- Genetic engineering and the molecules of life -- Appendix 1: Measure for measure : conversion factors and constants -- Appendix 2: The power of exponents -- Appendix 3: Clearing the logjam -- Appendix 4: Answers to your turn questions not answered in text -- Appendix 5: Answers to selected end-of-chapter questions indicated in color in the text -- Glossary. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780073522975 (hard copy : acid-free paper)  RM729.85 007352297X (hard copy : acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biochemistry.<br/>Environmental chemistry.<br/>Geochemistry.