TY - BOOK AU - Middlecamp,Catherine AU - Mury, Michael T. AU - Anderson, Karen L. AU - Bentley, Anne K. TI - Chemistry in context: applying chemistry to society SN - 9780073522975 (hard copy : acid-free paper) PY - 2015///] CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill Education KW - Biochemistry KW - Environmental chemistry KW - Geochemistry N1 - 'American Chemical Society.'; Includes index; 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 ER -