Boom!: The Chemistry and History of Explosives
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (734 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01N3SZWDP |
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| Number of Pages | : | 471 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Terrible illustrations Mals The information is good, but the illustrations showing molecular models obscure the issues. Good old structural formulas would have been much better.. "Should have been fascinating but wasn’t" according to Steve G. I should have enjoyed this book, for what could be more interesting than things that go boom? Alas, I did not find the book interesting. Although nonfiction, it should still have told a story. Instead it was just page after page of dry facts and chemical structures. I found the effort required to read th
About the AuthorSimon Field is the author of Culinary Reactions, Why There’s Antifreeze in Your Toothpaste, and Gonzo Gizmos, and is the creator of the popular website scitoys.
Author and chemistry buff Simon Quellen Field takes readers on a decades-long journey through the history of things that go boom, from the early days of black powder to today's modern plastic explosives. How did Chinese alchemists come to create black powder? What accidents led to the discovery of high explosives? How do explosives actually work on a molecular scale? And though most people have a vague understanding that dynamite is more powerful than gunpowder, what does it mean to be more powerful?Boom! The Chemistry and History of Explosives goes back to the original papers and patents written by the chemists who invented them, to shed light on their
Simon Field is the author of Culinary Reactions, Why There’s Antifreeze in Your Toothpaste, and Gonzo Gizmos, and is the creator of the popular website scitoys.