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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Opening Quote | |
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| Apologia | |
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| Preface | |
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| A Few Necessary Words On Safety | |
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| Shopping List and Solutions | |
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| A Moment For Metric | |
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| Introductory Demonstration: Bottle Rocket and Oobleck | |
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| Introduction—It Begins With a Bang...And A Splat | |
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| Introductory Example: Chemistry and Cars | |
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| Introduction: Theory, Octaves, And Scales | |
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| Water Witch | |
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| Electrons And Atoms, Elephants and Fleas | |
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| For Example: Protons and Photocopiers | |
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| Coppers and Robbers | |
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| Periodically Speaking | |
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| For Example: Elements of Diversity | |
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| Stop-and-Go Chemistry | |
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| Reason, Reactions, And Redox | |
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| For Example: Firefighters and the Chemistry of Combustion | |
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| Purple-Cabbage Indicator | |
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| The Basic Stuff | |
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| For Example: Swimming Pool pH | |
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| Blue Blob, Black Ink | |
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| Chemical Partners: Who Does What To Whom | |
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| For Example: Hard Water, Soft Water | |
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| Bond, Chemical Bond | |
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| The Tie That Binds, The Chemicals That Bond | |
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| For Example: Semiconductors | |
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| Gemstone Chemistry | |
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| Sticking To Principles | |
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| For Example: Engineering-Chemical, That Is | |
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| Layer upon Layer | |
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| Slipping And Sliding, Intermolecularly | |
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| For Example: The Physics of the Flush Toilet | |
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| Concentrating on Color, Salty Dog | |
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| Concentration-On Being Alone Together | |
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| For Example: What Body, What Aroma, What Chemistry | |
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| The Soda Bottle Crunch | |
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| It's a Gas | |
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| For Example: Gutsy Gas | |
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| It's in the Air | |
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| When Gases Put On Airs | |
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| For Example: Hardwired for Respiration | |
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| How Does Your Garden Grow? | |
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| Crystal Clear Chemistry | |
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| For Example: Diamonds Are (Almost) Forever | |
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| Hot Packs and Cold Packs | |
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| When Matters Heat Up | |
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| For Example: Refrigeration on the Road | |
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| Zoned-Out Ice | |
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| A Whole New Phase | |
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| For Example: When Good Pizza Goes Bad | |
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| All Things Being Equal | |
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| Equilibrium-Chemistry's Two-Way Street | |
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| For Example: Breathing Out and Breathing In | |
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| Antifreeze and Antiboil | |
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| Colligative Properties-Strength In Numbers | |
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| For Example: Kidneys and Chemistry | |
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| Kick it up a Notch | |
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| Chemical Kinetics-A Veritable Explosion | |
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| For Example: When Your Car Comes Knocking | |
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| Black-Light Chemistry, Paper-Clip Chemistry | |
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| Electrons and Photons-Turning On The Light | |
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| For Example: Photon Meets Electron-Solar Energy | |
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| Introduction: Playing The Tunes | |
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| Organic Chemistry Demonstration: Aspirin to Acid | |
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| Simply Organic | |
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| Inorganic Chemistry Demonstration: Entropy, Ammonia, and Amoeba | |
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| Chemistry Rocks | |
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| Biochemistry Demonstration: Fat, Flatulence, and Bean Soup | |
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| The Body of Chemistry Meets the Chemistry of the Body | |
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| Analytical Chemistry Demonstration: The Proof Is in the Prints | |
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| Chemist As Analyst | |
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| Demonstration for the Future: Medicine Cabinet Chemistry | |
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| Harry, Hogwarts, and Folk Pharmacopoeias-Mysteries In The Past And Magic In The Future | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Appendix: Elements Listed By Name, Symbol, And Atomic Number | |
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| Endnotes And Credits | |
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| Index | |