Chemistry : molecules that matter /
Eugene George Rochow, George Fleck and Thomas E. Blackburn.
- New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., c1974
- vii, 655 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
1. About nitrogen fixation, the food problem, and the rest of this book -- 2. Atoms and the chemical elements -- 3. Molecules: the formation of chemical compounds -- 4. Molecular structure and symmetry -- 5. Properties of tangible matter -- 6. Periodicity and chemical properties -- 7. Chemical equilibrium -- 8. Oxidation and reduction: electrons on the move.
Chemistry is a changing science, partly because of the delightful unexpected discoveries which open new research opportunities, and partly because each new generation changes the direction in both research and applications.