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Chemistry World November 12, 2014 Iain A Smellie |
Organic chemistry: structure, mechanism and synthesis This book contains all the key concepts one would expect in a good core organic chemistry textbook. The content also extends towards biochemistry and molecular biology.  |
Chemistry World July 17, 2014 Karl Collins |
Organic chemistry: a mechanistic approach Aimed at undergraduate chemistry students, this relatively succinct text begins with the fundamentals of molecular structure and introduces the concept of molecular orbitals early.  |
Chemistry World April 2009 Martin & Moss |
The changing shape of chemistry, 1998 to 2008 There is much more variety, choice and diversity in modern undergraduate chemistry, but at what price?  |
Chemistry World October 30, 2013 Paul Duckmanton |
Inorganic chemistry Originally written to support a single semester course at two universities in Illinois, US, Inorganic Chemistry, James House, provides a comprehensive overview of the subject.  |
Chemistry World May 16, 2014 Paul Duckmanton |
Chemical structure and reactivity: an integrated approach (2nd ed) Chemical structure and reactivity by Keeler and Wothers aims to topics usually covered in an undergraduate chemistry course in a more holistic way than the traditional organic, inorganic, physical boxes many are familiar with.  |
Chemistry World August 15, 2013 Lorenzo Caggiano |
An introduction to medicinal chemistry (5th edition) An introduction to medicinal chemistry, by Graham Patrick, is exactly that and more. It is an essential text aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates studying aspects of medicinal chemistry.  |
Chemistry World October 10, 2014 Simon Ward |
The organic chemistry of drug design and drug action (3rd edition) The organic chemistry of drug design and drug action is a long-running textbook, first appearing over 20 years ago.  |
Chemistry World January 13, 2012 Helen Potter |
Mineral regulates early metabolism Chinese scientists have taken a step towards further understanding the reactions that led to the origin of life by showing that a crucial metabolic process can be photocatalysed on the surface of a common mineral.  |
Chemistry World March 17, 2015 Andy Extance |
Reaction map suggests meteorite chemistry route to life UK chemists have found a reaction network that they believe shows that 'pretty much everyone' working on life's molecular origins is wrong -- but also 'right, in a sense'.  |
Chemistry World July 10, 2013 Iain Smellie |
Organic chemistry principles in context: a story telling historical approach Organic Chemistry Principles in Context by Mark Green joins a large selection of excellent textbooks currently available to organic chemistry students.  |
Chemistry World April 12, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Fatty Acid Factory Revealed X-ray crystallographers have achieved the Herculean task of elucidating the architecture of one of biochemistry's most impressive molecular machines, the multi-enzyme fatty acid synthase.  |
Chemistry World October 26, 2006 Victoria Gill |
Volcanoes Reveal the Secret of the Origin of Life Life began with a chemical reaction under the sea over four billion years ago. That is the claim of a German scientist whose team has recreated a crucial part of the reaction, synthesizing all the necessary ingredients for a living organism.  |
Chemistry World August 24, 2014 Michael Gordon |
The chemistry of food This book is an ambitious attempt to cover the whole of food chemistry, but regrettably the English version contains too many stilted expressions and errors of grammar or fact.  |
Chemistry World March 22, 2007 Michael Gross |
Eat Isotopes to Live Longer Food containing heavy isotopes of hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen could slow down the aging process. That's the claim of a biochemist who suggests that seeding key biological molecules with deuterium or carbon-13 could drastically reduce oxidative damage or even avert it altogether.  |
Chemistry World February 25, 2014 Sophie Nixon |
Astrobiology: a very short introduction This book, by David Catling, covers all areas of the subject, from the difficulties of defining life, to the search for Earth-like planets.  |
Chemistry World March 6, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Synthetic Enzymes Designed by Computer Scientists in the US have designed and built an artificial enzyme from scratch.  |
Chemistry World June 17, 2013 Eleanor Merritt |
Switching chirality in amino acids An international team of scientists has developed a purely chemical approach to interconvert L- and D-amino acids. This method could rival enzymatic routes used in industry, and enable cheaper production of some pharmaceuticals.  |
Chemistry World December 21, 2006 Henry Nicholls |
Silent SNPs Serve up a Structural Surprise The sequence of amino acids no longer dictates the structure and function of a protein according to a surprising new paper.  |
Chemistry World May 1, 2014 James Urquhart |
Ancient oceans' metals mimicked metabolism Primitive metabolism of sugar phosphates may have started spontaneously in ancient oceans around 4 billion years ago and given rise to life, according to UK researchers.  |
Chemistry World July 2008 Mark Peplow |
Editorial: There's plenty of room in the middle Today, chemists and biologists are looking at the space between their own disciplines and asking big questions about where science at the interface might lead them.  |
Chemistry World June 12, 2015 Vicki Marshall |
The vital question: why is life the way it is? Despite saying the book is for the general reader, The vital question is not written as a typical popular science book. It is perhaps aimed at an audience engaged with biochemistry research.  |
Chemistry World June 2007 |
Student Book Reviews Chemistry for CSI Fans... At the Heart of Molecular Biology... A Broad Vista of Chemistry...Rings Are Not Just for Carbons... etc.  |