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Oaksville, ON ; Waretown, NJ : Apple Academic Press, [2017]

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ISBN 9781315366265 (e-book : PDF)

ISBN 9781771883672 (e-book)

ISBN 9781771883665 (vázáno)

part Part I: Power from Molecules -- chapter 1 Explosives and Propellants: Power to Breach Mountains, Wage War, and Visit the Moon -- chapter 2 Hydrocarbons as Fuels and Petrochemicals: Shaping the Past, Dominating the Present, Complicating the Future -- part Part II: Making Things We Use -- chapter 3 The Chemical Industry: An Overview -- chapter 4 Halogenated Hydrocarbons: Persistence, Toxicity, and Problems -- chapter 5 Polymers: Making New Materials -- chapter 6 Household and Personal Care Products: Cleaning Up and Looking Good -- chapter 7 Silicones: From Contact Lenses to Pavement Sealants -- part Part III: Chemistry and Food -- chapter 8 Chemistry and Agriculture: Helping to Feed the World -- chapter 9 Chemistry, Food and the Modern Diet: What’s in Food Besides Food? -- chapter 10 Vitamins and Nutrition -- part Part IV: Molecules for the Treatment of Illness -- chapter 11 Drug Discovery, Development, and Distribution -- chapter 12 Antibiotics: The Battle with the Microbes -- chapter 13 Analgesic, Anti-Inflammatory, Antipyretic, and Anesthetic Drugs: Dealing with Pain, Inflammation, and Fever -- chapter 14 Antihypertensive Drugs: Controlling Blood Pressure -- chapter 15 Steroids: Arthritis, Fertility, Heart Attacks, and Home Run Records -- chapter 16 Diabetes and Antidiabetic Therapy: Control of Glucose -- chapter 17 Drugs for Treatment of Neurological and Psychological Conditions -- chapter 18 Antimalarial and Other Antiparasitic Drugs -- chapter 19 Response to the AIDS Pandemic -- part Part V: Molecular Biology and Its Applications -- chapter 20 DNA Structure, Sequencing, Synthesis, and Modification: Making Biology Molecular -- chapter 21 Applications of Biotechnology: Biology Doing Chemistry.

This fascinating new volume provides a comprehensive yet concise overview of the chemical aspects of some of the major innovations and changes that occurred during the 20th century, relating chemical structures and properties to real-life applications. Developed for a course taught by the author for several years at UVA, the author covers the important and consequential developments in chemistry and explains their everyday, real-life applications. These include such topics as consumer products, fossil fuel use, polymers, agriculture, food production, nutrition, explosives, and drugs. The section Molecular Biology and Its Applications includes examples of the application of biotechnology and genetic engineering. The book answers such questions as.

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Preface ...xiii // Acknowledgments ...xv // Introduction ...xvii // Part I: Power from Molecules ...1 // 1. Explosives and Propellants: Power to Breach Mountains, Wage War, and Visit the Moon ...3 // 2. Hydrocarbons as Fuels and Petrochemicals: Shaping the Past, // Dominating the Present, Complicating the Future ...45 // Part II: Making Things We Use ...113 // 3. The Chemical Industry: An Overview ...115 // 4. Halogenated Hydrocarbons: Persistence, Toxicity, and Problems ...145 // 5. Polymers: Making New Materials ...169 // 6. Household and Personal Care Products: Cleaning Up and Looking Good ...221 // 7. Silicones: From Contact Lenses to Pavement Sealants ...271 // Part III: Chemistry and Food ...289 // 8. Chemistry and Agriculture: Helping to Feed the World ...291 // 9. Chemistry, Food and the Modern Diet: What’s in Food Besides Food? ...347 // 10. Vitamins and Nutrition ...389 // Part IV: Molecules for the Treatment of Illness ...429 // 11. Drug Discovery, Development, and Distribution ...431 // 12. Antibiotics: The Battle with the Microbes ...465 // 13. Analgesic, Anti-Inflammatory, Antipyretic, and Anesthetic Drugs: Dealing with Pain, Inflammation, and Fever ...491 // 14. Antihypertensive Drugs: Controlling Blood Pressure ...525 // 15. Steroids: Arthritis, Fertility, Heart Attacks, and Home Run Records ...543 // 16. Diabetes and Antidiabetic Therapy: Control of Glucose ...565 // 17. Drugs for Treatment of Neurological and Psychological Conditions ...587 // 18. Antimalarial and Other Antiparasitic Drugs ...623 // 19. Response to the AIDS Pandemic ...653 // Part V: Molecular Biology and Its Applications ...661 // 20. DNA Structure, Sequencing, Synthesis, and Modification: // Making Biology Molecular ...663 // 21. Applications of Biotechnology: Biology Doing Chemistry ...695 // Index ...727

(OCoLC)982019581