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Chemistry for Breakfast
- The Amazing Science of Everyday Life
- Narrated by: Raechel Wong
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
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Summary
Have you ever wondered why your alarm clock sends you spiraling? Or how toothpaste works on your teeth? Why do cakes and cookies sometimes turn out dry? (Hint: You may not be adding enough sugar.) In Chemistry for Breakfast, award-winning chemist and science communicator Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim reveals the amazing chemistry behind everyday things (like baking and toothpaste) and not-so-everyday things (like space travel). With a relatable, funny, and conversational style, she explains essential chemical processes everyone should know - and turns the ordinary into extraordinary.
Over the course of a single day, Mai shows us that chemistry is everywhere: We just have to look for it. In the morning, her partner's much-too-loud alarm prompts a deep dive into biological clocks, fight-or-flight responses, and melatonin's role in making us sleepy. Before heading to the lab, she explains how the stress hormone cortisol helps wake us up and brews her morning coffee with a side of heat conduction and states of matter.
Filled with laughter and plenty of surprises, Chemistry for Breakfast is a perfect book for anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of chemistry without having prior knowledge of the science. With Mai as your guide, you'll find something fascinating everywhere around you.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-09-21
This book kind of changed my life
I started this book with a negative outlook on chemistry, I always struggled and turned off when the subject was mentioned. But Dr Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim has successfully infected me with her passion for the subject, how she is able to connect on a human level and relate everyday life to science is fascinating. Couldn’t recommend this book more
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- R Cole
- 09-05-23
Entertaining and interesting
I'm not finished yet, but really enjoying it. Takes basic information, approx age 14-15 years on school UK curriculum and explains it. Then builds on it. Then adds story and application to that information. Brings chemistry to life. Thanks. Great work for those who want info at this level. Entertaining too.
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- Savi S
- 12-11-21
For the completely uninformed…
I would only recommend this book to those who have less knowledge about chemistry than a GCSE science student. This is very simplistic and the narrator has the worst of all the most annoying American accents.
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