{"product_id":"designing-the-molecular-world-chemistry-at-the-frontier-9780691000589","title":"Designing the Molecular World: Chemistry at the Frontier","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome of the most exciting scientific developments in recent years have come not from theoretical physicists  astronomers  or molecular biologists but instead from the chemistry lab. Chemists have created superconducting ceramics for brain scanners  designed liquid crystal flat screens for televisions and watch displays  and made fabrics that change color while you wear them. They have fashioned metals from plastics  drugs from crude oil  and have pinpointed the chemical pollutants affecting our atmosphere and are now searching for remedies for the imperiled planet. Philip Ball  an editor for the prestigious magazine Nature  lets the lay reader into the world of modern chemistry. Here  for example  chemists find new uses for the improbable buckminsterfullerene molecules--60-atom carbon soccerballs  dubbed \"buckyballs\"--which seem to have applications for everything from lubrication to medicine to electronics.  The book is not intended as an introduction to chemistry  but as an accessible survey of recent developments throughout many of the major fields allied with chemistry: from research in traditional areas such as crystallography and spectroscopy to entirely new fields of study such as molecular electronics  artificial enzymes  and \"smart\" polymer gels. Balls grand tour along the leading edge of scientific discovery will appeal to all curious readers  with or without any scientific training  to chemistry students looking for future careers  and to practicing chemical researchers looking for information on other specialties within their discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647581872181,"sku":"ByrdShop_0691000581","price":80.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780691000589.jpg?v=1781694048","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/designing-the-molecular-world-chemistry-at-the-frontier-9780691000589","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}