The Miami Valley School Library

Molecules :

Gray, Theodore W.

Molecules : the elements and the architecture of everything / Theodore Gray ; photographs by Nick Mann. - 240 pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 27 cm.

Includes index.

A house built of elements -- The power of names -- Dead or alive -- Oil and water -- Mineral and vegetable -- Rock and ore -- Rope and fiber -- Pain and pleasure -- Sweet and double sweet -- Natural and artificial -- Rose and skunk -- Color me chemical -- I hate that molecule -- Machines of life.

"Everything physical is made up of the elements and the infinite variety of molecules they form when they combine with each other. In [this book], Gray takes the next step in the grand story that began with the periodic table in his best-selling book The Elements ... Here, he explores ... the most interesting, essential, useful, and beautiful of the millions of chemical structures that make up every material in the world"--Amazon.com.

1579129714 9781579129712 9781603763967

539.7 GRA