The chemical century : molecular manipulation and its impact on the 20th century / Richard J. Sundberg, PhD

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Toronto : Apple Academic Press, 2016Description: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 1771883677. | 9781771883672. | 9781771883665 | 1315366266. | 9781315366265. | Erscheint auch als: No title Druck-Ausgabe | Print version: Chemical century. Toronto : Apple Academic Press, 2016DDC classification:
  • 540.9/04
LOC classification:
  • QD15
Online resources: Summary: Explosives and propellants: power to breach mountains, wage war, and visit the moon -- Hydrocarbons as fuels and petrochemicals: shaping the past, dominating the present, complicating the future -- The chemical industry: an overview -- Halogenated hydrocarbons: persistence, toxicity, and problems -- Polymers: making new materials -- Household and personal care products: cleaning-up and looking good -- Silicones: from contact lenses to pavement sealants -- Chemistry and agriculture: helping feed the world -- Chemistry, food and the modern diet: what's in food besides food? -- Vitamins and nutrition -- Drug discovery, development, and distribution -- Antibiotics: the battle with the microbes -- Analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and anesthetic drugs: dealing with pain, inflammation, and fever -- Antihypertensive drugs: controlling blood pressure -- Steroids: arthritis, fertility, heart attacks, and home run records -- Diabetes and antidiabetic therapy: control of glucose -- Drugs for treatment of neurological and psychological conditions -- Antimalarial and other antiparasitic drugs -- Response to the Aids pandemic -- Dna structure, sequencing, synthesis, and modification: making biology molecular -- Applications of biotechnology: biology doing chemistryPPN: PPN: 885926099Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-NLEBK
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