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Chemistry for kids : homemade science experiments and activities inspired by awesome chemists, past and present / Liz Lee Heinecke.

Author/creator Heinecke, Liz Lee author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Beverly, MA : Quarry Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2020.
Copyright Notice ©2020
Description128 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Subject(s)
Portion of title Homemade science experiments and activities inspired by awesome chemists, past and present
Series The kitchen pantry scientist
Kitchen pantry scientist. ^A1427765
Contents Tapputi-Belatikallim : fragrance distillation -- Galen : soap -- Jabir ibn Hayyan : evaporation -- Joseph Priestley : carbonation -- Antoine Lavoisier : oxidation -- Alessandro Volta : chemical batteries -- William Henry Perkin : syntheic dyes -- Dmitri Mendeleev : the periodic table -- Svante August Arrhenius : temperature and chemical reactions -- Agnes Pockels : surface tension -- Marie Curie : elemental extraction -- S.P.L. Sorensen : the PH scale -- Mikhail Tsvet : chromatography -- Alice Ball : organic oil extraction -- Gerty Cori : the Cori Cycle -- Maria Goeppert-Mayer : the nuclear shell model -- Rachel Carson : dispersion of enviornmental contaminants -- Anna Jane Harrison : organic compounds and ultraviolet light -- Rosalind Franklin : DNA structure -- Edith Flanigen : molecular sieves -- Tu Youyou : medicinal plant compounds -- Ada Yonath : ribosome structure -- Margaret Cairns Etter : crystallography -- Linda Buck : olfactory chemistry -- Raychelle Burks : colormetric sensors.
Abstract "The kitchen pantry scientist's guide to chemistry features biographies of 25 leading chemists, past and present, accompanied by accessible, hands-on experiments and activities to bring the history and principles of chemistry alive."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (page 121) and index.
Interest age level Ages 7-12
Genre/formInstructional and educational works.
Genre/formBiographies.
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formJuvenile works.
Genre/formInstructional and educational works.
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2019050167
ISBN9781631598302 paperback
ISBN1631598309 paperback
ISBNelectronic book

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