Chemistry for breakfast the amazing science of everyday life

"In this quirky and endlessly surprising book, scientist and award-winning YouTuber Dr. Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim tells us about the amazing science behind everyday things (like drinking water) and not-so-everyday things (like space travel and baby dinosaurs). Come along for the ride of a lifetime! Chemist...

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Main Author: Nguyen-Kim, Mai Thi (Author)
Other Authors: Pybus, Sarah (Translator), Lenkova, Claire (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
German
Published: Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, 2021.
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240 1 0 |a Komisch, alles chemisch!  |l English 
245 1 0 |a Chemistry for breakfast :  |b the amazing science of everyday life /  |c Dr. Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim ; translated by Sarah Pybus ; illustrations by Claire Lenkova. 
264 1 |a Vancouver ;  |a Berkeley :  |b Greystone Books,  |c 2021. 
264 4 |c Ã2021 
300 |a 235 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 23 cm 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-229) and index. 
505 0 |a Foreword -- Obsessed with chemistry -- Death by toothpaste -- Down with chemism! -- Sitting is the new smoking -- Chaotic by nature -- What's in it for me? -- Baby dinosaurs and monster burgers -- Covalently compatible -- Chemistry stinks -- There's something in the water -- Culinary therapy -- The right chemistry -- A passion for facts. 
520 |a "In this quirky and endlessly surprising book, scientist and award-winning YouTuber Dr. Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim tells us about the amazing science behind everyday things (like drinking water) and not-so-everyday things (like space travel and baby dinosaurs). Come along for the ride of a lifetime! Chemistry for Breakfast turns the ordinary into extraordinary, explaining everything from heat conduction to expiration dates, with a side of states-of-matter and biological clocks. With Mai as your guide, you'll find something fascinating in everything around you. (You'll also sound smarter at dinner parties.)."--Publisher's website. 
546 |a Translated from the German. 
650 0 |a Science  |v Miscellanea. 
650 0 |a Chemistry  |x Miscellanea. 
650 0 |a Technology  |v Miscellanea. 
655 7 |a Trivia and miscellanea.  |2 lcgft 
700 1 |a Pybus, Sarah,  |e translator. 
700 1 |a Lenkova, Claire,  |e illustrator. 
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