Kemia

Maailmaamme muovaavat molekyylit ja reaktiot heräävät henkiin arkipäivän mysteerien, tieteellisten läpimurtojen ja tuttujen asioiden taakse kätkeytyvän kemian tarinoiden kautta. Nämä kirjat paljastavat kiehtovat tavat, joilla aine muuttuu ja vuorovaikuttaa — hengittämästämme ilmasta syömäämme ruokaan — tehden monimutkaisesta tieteestä sekä ymmärrettävää että syvästi merkityksellistä jokapäiväiselle elämälle.

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KitchenWise

kirjoittanut Shirley O. Corriher • 2020

A biochemist's kitchen: why food sticks, cakes fall, chocolate seizes, and how to fix it.

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🔬 Culinary Science 📚 Kitchen Reference 🧪 Flavor Science 🧁 Baking Ratios 🔧 Kitchen Troubleshooting

Immersiiviset

KitchenWise

A biochemist's kitchen: why food sticks, cakes fall, chocolate seizes, and how to fix it.

kirjoittanut Shirley O. Corriher 2020 288 sivua

3.77

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🔬 Culinary Science 📚 Kitchen Reference 🧪 Flavor Science 🧁 Baking Ratios 🔧 Kitchen Troubleshooting

A Short History of Nearly Everything

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson • 2004

What science knows about the universe, and the accident-prone humans who figured it out.

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A Short History of Nearly Everything

What science knows about the universe, and the accident-prone humans who figured it out.

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson 2004 544 sivua

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The Poisoner's Handbook

kirjoittanut Deborah Blum • 2010

Jazz Age poisoners had the perfect crime, until a morgue chemist invented toxicology to catch them.

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🧪 Forensic Toxicology ☠️ Poison History 🎷 Jazz Age New York 🍸 Prohibition Era 💀 Deadly Substances

The Poisoner's Handbook

Jazz Age poisoners had the perfect crime, until a morgue chemist invented toxicology to catch them.

kirjoittanut Deborah Blum 2010 319 sivua

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🧪 Forensic Toxicology ☠️ Poison History 🎷 Jazz Age New York 🍸 Prohibition Era 💀 Deadly Substances

Oxygen

kirjoittanut Nick Lane • 2002

The molecule that powers every breath you take is also rusting you from the inside out.

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🧬 Molecular Biology 🦎 Evolutionary Biology 🌍 Origin Of Life ⏳ Biochemistry Of Aging 📜 Big History

Oxygen

The molecule that powers every breath you take is also rusting you from the inside out.

kirjoittanut Nick Lane 2002 385 sivua

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🧬 Molecular Biology 🦎 Evolutionary Biology 🌍 Origin Of Life ⏳ Biochemistry Of Aging 📜 Big History

DMT

kirjoittanut Rick Strassman • 2000

Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.

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🧪 Psychedelic Research 🌀 Altered States 👽 Entity Encounters 🌌 Mystical Experience 🧘 Transpersonal Psychology

DMT

Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.

kirjoittanut Rick Strassman 2000 382 sivua

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🧪 Psychedelic Research 🌀 Altered States 👽 Entity Encounters 🌌 Mystical Experience 🧘 Transpersonal Psychology

Molecular Biology of the Cell

kirjoittanut Bruce Alberts • 1983

Every cell in your body runs the same operating system. This is its complete manual.

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🔬 Molecular Biology 🧫 Cell Biology 🧪 Biochemistry 🧬 Gene Expression 📡 Cell Signaling

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Every cell in your body runs the same operating system. This is its complete manual.

kirjoittanut Bruce Alberts 1983 1616 sivua

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🔬 Molecular Biology 🧫 Cell Biology 🧪 Biochemistry 🧬 Gene Expression 📡 Cell Signaling

Power, Sex, Suicide

kirjoittanut Nick Lane • 2005

Complex life required an improbable merger two billion years ago. Everything since follows.

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🧬 Cell Biology 🦎 Evolutionary Biology ⚛️ Biochemistry 🌋 Origin Of Life 🔗 Endosymbiotic Theory

Power, Sex, Suicide

Complex life required an improbable merger two billion years ago. Everything since follows.

kirjoittanut Nick Lane 2005 354 sivua

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🧬 Cell Biology 🦎 Evolutionary Biology ⚛️ Biochemistry 🌋 Origin Of Life 🔗 Endosymbiotic Theory

The Great Mental Models Volume 2

kirjoittanut Shane Parrish • 2019

The best mental tools come from physics, chemistry, and biology, not business books.

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🧠 Mental Models 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💸 Behavioral Economics 📈 Business Strategy

The Great Mental Models Volume 2

The best mental tools come from physics, chemistry, and biology, not business books.

kirjoittanut Shane Parrish 2019 397 sivua

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🧠 Mental Models 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💸 Behavioral Economics 📈 Business Strategy

Solomons, Fryhle, Snyder's Organic Chemistry for JEE

kirjoittanut M.S. Chouhan • 2013

Solomon's organic chemistry retooled for the JEE: bonding to retrosynthesis, problem by problem.

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🧪 Organic Chemistry 📝 Jee Preparation ⚛️ Reaction Mechanisms 🏗️ Organic Synthesis 🪞 Stereochemistry

Solomons, Fryhle, Snyder's Organic Chemistry for JEE

Solomon's organic chemistry retooled for the JEE: bonding to retrosynthesis, problem by problem.

kirjoittanut M.S. Chouhan 2013 1028 sivua

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🧪 Organic Chemistry 📝 Jee Preparation ⚛️ Reaction Mechanisms 🏗️ Organic Synthesis 🪞 Stereochemistry

Pharmacology for Medical Graduates

kirjoittanut Tara V. Shanbhag • 2015

Pharmacology organized by body system: mechanisms, side effects, and clinical logic made exam-ready.

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🧪 Clinical Pharmacology 🏥 Medical Education ⚙️ Drug Mechanisms 📝 Exam Preparation 🫀 Systems Pharmacology

Pharmacology for Medical Graduates

Pharmacology organized by body system: mechanisms, side effects, and clinical logic made exam-ready.

kirjoittanut Tara V. Shanbhag 2015

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🧪 Clinical Pharmacology 🏥 Medical Education ⚙️ Drug Mechanisms 📝 Exam Preparation 🫀 Systems Pharmacology

Stuff Matters

kirjoittanut Mark Miodownik • 2013

What a steel razor and a teacup reveal about civilization: the hidden science of everyday materials.

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🔬 Materials Science 📦 Everyday Objects 🏺 Material Culture ⚙️ Industrial Design 🗝️ Hidden Histories

Stuff Matters

What a steel razor and a teacup reveal about civilization: the hidden science of everyday materials.

kirjoittanut Mark Miodownik 2013 252 sivua

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🔬 Materials Science 📦 Everyday Objects 🏺 Material Culture ⚙️ Industrial Design 🗝️ Hidden Histories

A Short History of Nearly Everything

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson • 2004

How the universe built itself from nothing, and the eccentric scientists who figured it out.

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A Short History of Nearly Everything

How the universe built itself from nothing, and the eccentric scientists who figured it out.

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson 2004 544 sivua

4.22

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Principles of Biochemistry

kirjoittanut Albert L. Lehninger • 1970

Four weak forces hold every cell together. The rest of biochemistry is just their consequences.

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🧬 Molecular Biology ⚗️ Biological Chemistry 🧪 Modern Biochemistry 🩺 Pre-Med Students 🔋 Energy Metabolism

Principles of Biochemistry

Four weak forces hold every cell together. The rest of biochemistry is just their consequences.

kirjoittanut Albert L. Lehninger 1970 1119 sivua

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🧬 Molecular Biology ⚗️ Biological Chemistry 🧪 Modern Biochemistry 🩺 Pre-Med Students 🔋 Energy Metabolism

The Science of Spice

kirjoittanut Stuart Farrimond • 2018

A molecular map of spice: why cumin loves coriander, and how to build your own blends.

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🔬 Food Science 🧩 Flavor Pairing 🥄 Spice Blending ⚗️ Kitchen Chemistry 📚 Culinary Reference

The Science of Spice

A molecular map of spice: why cumin loves coriander, and how to build your own blends.

kirjoittanut Stuart Farrimond 2018 224 sivua

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🔬 Food Science 🧩 Flavor Pairing 🥄 Spice Blending ⚗️ Kitchen Chemistry 📚 Culinary Reference

On Food and Cooking

kirjoittanut Harold McGee • 1984

Fish spoils fast and overcooks in seconds. The culprit is water, and the solution is science.

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🐟 Fish And Seafood 🔬 Scientific Cooking ⚗️ Food Chemistry 🌊 Marine Biology 🧪 Ingredient Science

On Food and Cooking

Fish spoils fast and overcooks in seconds. The culprit is water, and the solution is science.

kirjoittanut Harold McGee 1984 884 sivua

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🐟 Fish And Seafood 🔬 Scientific Cooking ⚗️ Food Chemistry 🌊 Marine Biology 🧪 Ingredient Science

The Mathematics of Life

kirjoittanut Ian Stewart • 2011

Math cracked physics. Now it's unlocking biology, from protein origami to alien life.

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🧬 Mathematical Biology 🧪 Systems Biology 🦋 Chaos Theory 🕸️ Network Theory 🌱 Pattern Formation

The Mathematics of Life

Math cracked physics. Now it's unlocking biology, from protein origami to alien life.

kirjoittanut Ian Stewart 2011 371 sivua

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🧬 Mathematical Biology 🧪 Systems Biology 🦋 Chaos Theory 🕸️ Network Theory 🌱 Pattern Formation

Never Enough

kirjoittanut Judith Grisel • 2019

The brain never forgets a drug. A neuroscientist and former addict explains the permanent cost.

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🧠 Neurobiology Of Addiction 🧪 Dopamine And Reward 🔬 Neuroplasticity 🧒 Adolescent Brain Development 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction

Never Enough

The brain never forgets a drug. A neuroscientist and former addict explains the permanent cost.

kirjoittanut Judith Grisel 2019 243 sivua

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🧠 Neurobiology Of Addiction 🧪 Dopamine And Reward 🔬 Neuroplasticity 🧒 Adolescent Brain Development 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction

The Vital Question

kirjoittanut Nick Lane • 2016

Complex life arose exactly once in 4 billion years. The reason: a hidden energy constraint.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔬 Molecular Biology 🌋 Origin Of Life ⚡ Bioenergetics 🤝 Symbiosis

The Vital Question

Complex life arose exactly once in 4 billion years. The reason: a hidden energy constraint.

kirjoittanut Nick Lane 2016 368 sivua

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔬 Molecular Biology 🌋 Origin Of Life ⚡ Bioenergetics 🤝 Symbiosis

At Home in the Universe

kirjoittanut Stuart A. Kauffman • 1995

Life begins as chemistry, not luck. The rules that organize molecules govern markets and innovation.

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🌐 Complexity Science 🌱 Origin Of Life 🌀 Self-Organization 🐦 Emergence 🔄 Adaptive Systems

At Home in the Universe

Life begins as chemistry, not luck. The rules that organize molecules govern markets and innovation.

kirjoittanut Stuart A. Kauffman 1995 336 sivua

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🌐 Complexity Science 🌱 Origin Of Life 🌀 Self-Organization 🐦 Emergence 🔄 Adaptive Systems

Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos

kirjoittanut Steven H. Strogatz • 1994

How simple rules produce unpredictable motion, and the pictures that reveal the hidden order.

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🌀 Nonlinear Dynamics 🕸️ Complex Systems 📊 Mathematical Modeling 🦋 Deterministic Chaos 🔗 Synchronization

Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos

How simple rules produce unpredictable motion, and the pictures that reveal the hidden order.

kirjoittanut Steven H. Strogatz 1994 497 sivua

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🌀 Nonlinear Dynamics 🕸️ Complex Systems 📊 Mathematical Modeling 🦋 Deterministic Chaos 🔗 Synchronization

Life on the Edge

kirjoittanut Johnjoe McFadden • 2014

Enzymes tunnel through walls, leaves harvest light near perfectly, birds steer by subatomic compass.

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🧬 Quantum Biology 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚛️ Biophysics 🌋 Origin Of Life 👃 Sensory Biology

Life on the Edge

Enzymes tunnel through walls, leaves harvest light near perfectly, birds steer by subatomic compass.

kirjoittanut Johnjoe McFadden 2014 368 sivua

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🧬 Quantum Biology 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚛️ Biophysics 🌋 Origin Of Life 👃 Sensory Biology

Liquid Intelligence

kirjoittanut Dave Arnold • 2014

A lab manual for the perfect cocktail: apply physics and chemistry to ice, carbonation, and flavor.

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🧪 Molecular Gastronomy 🍸 Mixology 🛠️ Bartending Techniques 👅 Flavor Science 🔬 Food Science

Liquid Intelligence

A lab manual for the perfect cocktail: apply physics and chemistry to ice, carbonation, and flavor.

kirjoittanut Dave Arnold 2014 416 sivua

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🧪 Molecular Gastronomy 🍸 Mixology 🛠️ Bartending Techniques 👅 Flavor Science 🔬 Food Science

How Life Works

kirjoittanut Philip Ball • 2023

Genes don't give orders; cells decide for themselves. Biology's central metaphor was wrong.

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🧬 Molecular Biology 🔬 Systems Biology 🌀 Self-Organization 🧫 Epigenetics 🤔 Philosophy Of Biology

How Life Works

Genes don't give orders; cells decide for themselves. Biology's central metaphor was wrong.

kirjoittanut Philip Ball 2023 552 sivua

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🧬 Molecular Biology 🔬 Systems Biology 🌀 Self-Organization 🧫 Epigenetics 🤔 Philosophy Of Biology

Brilliant Blunders

kirjoittanut Mario Livio • 2013

Five scientific blunders that advanced their fields further than a correct answer ever could.

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🔬 History Of Science 💥 Productive Failure 🧠 Intellectual Humility 🧪 Scientific Method 🎯 Cognitive Bias

Brilliant Blunders

Five scientific blunders that advanced their fields further than a correct answer ever could.

kirjoittanut Mario Livio 2013 342 sivua

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🔬 History Of Science 💥 Productive Failure 🧠 Intellectual Humility 🧪 Scientific Method 🎯 Cognitive Bias

What If? 2

kirjoittanut Randall Munroe • 2022

What if you filled the solar system with soup? A cartoonist did the math.

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🎭 Pop Science Humor 💭 Thought Experiments 🌌 Cosmic Scale 🔬 Everyday Science 🫀 Body Science

What If? 2

What if you filled the solar system with soup? A cartoonist did the math.

kirjoittanut Randall Munroe 2022 354 sivua

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🎭 Pop Science Humor 💭 Thought Experiments 🌌 Cosmic Scale 🔬 Everyday Science 🫀 Body Science

The Disappearing Spoon

kirjoittanut Sam Kean • 2010

A metal that melts in your hand reveals a hidden history of war, money, and cosmic origins.

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The Disappearing Spoon

A metal that melts in your hand reveals a hidden history of war, money, and cosmic origins.

kirjoittanut Sam Kean 2010 394 sivua

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Organic Chemistry

kirjoittanut Jonathan Clayden • 2000

Organic chemistry, taught through the logic of electrons rather than the catalog of compounds.

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⚛️ Molecular Structure 🧪 Chemical Synthesis 🔄 Reaction Mechanisms 🌈 Spectroscopy Techniques 🔘 Molecular Orbital Theory

Organic Chemistry

Organic chemistry, taught through the logic of electrons rather than the catalog of compounds.

kirjoittanut Jonathan Clayden 2000 1536 sivua

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⚛️ Molecular Structure 🧪 Chemical Synthesis 🔄 Reaction Mechanisms 🌈 Spectroscopy Techniques 🔘 Molecular Orbital Theory

The Alchemy of Us

kirjoittanut Ainissa Ramirez • 2020

We invented quartz clocks, steel rails, and silicon chips. Then they reinvented us.

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🧪 Materials Science 🔧 History Of Technology 🏺 Material Culture 🔍 Hidden History 📦 Everyday Objects

The Alchemy of Us

We invented quartz clocks, steel rails, and silicon chips. Then they reinvented us.

kirjoittanut Ainissa Ramirez 2020 328 sivua

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🧪 Materials Science 🔧 History Of Technology 🏺 Material Culture 🔍 Hidden History 📦 Everyday Objects

Caesar's Last Breath

kirjoittanut Sam Kean • 2017

Your next breath shares molecules with Caesar's last, and with every war and volcano since.

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🌀 Atmospheric Science 🔬 Periodic Table 📜 Science History 🌍 Geoengineering 🦋 Chaos Theory

Caesar's Last Breath

Your next breath shares molecules with Caesar's last, and with every war and volcano since.

kirjoittanut Sam Kean 2017 384 sivua

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🌀 Atmospheric Science 🔬 Periodic Table 📜 Science History 🌍 Geoengineering 🦋 Chaos Theory

The Quantum Universe

kirjoittanut Brian Cox • 2011

A theory that defies common sense underlies transistors, lasers, and every atom in your body.

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⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 📖 Popular Physics 💥 Particle Physics 〰️ Quantum Field Theory 🔬 Atomic Physics

The Quantum Universe

A theory that defies common sense underlies transistors, lasers, and every atom in your body.

kirjoittanut Brian Cox 2011 272 sivua

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⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 📖 Popular Physics 💥 Particle Physics 〰️ Quantum Field Theory 🔬 Atomic Physics

Uncle Tungsten

kirjoittanut Oliver Sacks • 2001

A boy, a bar of tungsten, a brutal wartime school: how chemistry became Oliver Sacks's sanctuary.

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🧪 Chemical Memoir 📜 History Of Chemistry 🇬🇧 Wartime England 🛡️ Intellectual Refuge 👁️ Sensory Discovery

Uncle Tungsten

A boy, a bar of tungsten, a brutal wartime school: how chemistry became Oliver Sacks's sanctuary.

kirjoittanut Oliver Sacks 2001 337 sivua

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🧪 Chemical Memoir 📜 History Of Chemistry 🇬🇧 Wartime England 🛡️ Intellectual Refuge 👁️ Sensory Discovery

Introducción a la biología celular

kirjoittanut Bruce Alberts • 1997

How a four-letter code builds proteins, fuels cells, and sometimes causes cancer.

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🔬 Cell Biology 🧬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Energy Metabolism 🧱 Protein Structure 🔄 Cell Cycle

Introducción a la biología celular

How a four-letter code builds proteins, fuels cells, and sometimes causes cancer.

kirjoittanut Bruce Alberts 1997 780 sivua

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🔬 Cell Biology 🧬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Energy Metabolism 🧱 Protein Structure 🔄 Cell Cycle

Venomous

kirjoittanut Christie Wilcox • 2016

Venom is a precision biochemical weapon. Medicine is learning to retarget it against disease.

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🧪 Venom Biology ⚔️ Evolutionary Arms Race ☣️ Natural Toxins 💥 Pain Biology 💊 Drug Discovery

Venomous

Venom is a precision biochemical weapon. Medicine is learning to retarget it against disease.

kirjoittanut Christie Wilcox 2016 260 sivua

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🧪 Venom Biology ⚔️ Evolutionary Arms Race ☣️ Natural Toxins 💥 Pain Biology 💊 Drug Discovery

The Upright Thinkers

kirjoittanut Leonard Mlodinow • 2015

What connects bipedal apes to quantum physics? A single, stubborn habit of asking why.

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🏛️ Big History 🔬 History Of Science 🧬 Human Evolution 🧪 Scientific Method 📚 Intellectual History

The Upright Thinkers

What connects bipedal apes to quantum physics? A single, stubborn habit of asking why.

kirjoittanut Leonard Mlodinow 2015 352 sivua

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🏛️ Big History 🔬 History Of Science 🧬 Human Evolution 🧪 Scientific Method 📚 Intellectual History

The Catalyst

kirjoittanut Thomas R. Cech • 2024

DNA is famous. RNA built life, runs complexity, and will drive the next medical revolution.

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🔬 History Of Science 📖 Scientific Memoir 🧬 Rna Biology 🌋 Origin Of Life 🌍 Rna World Hypothesis

The Catalyst

DNA is famous. RNA built life, runs complexity, and will drive the next medical revolution.

kirjoittanut Thomas R. Cech 2024 304 sivua

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🔬 History Of Science 📖 Scientific Memoir 🧬 Rna Biology 🌋 Origin Of Life 🌍 Rna World Hypothesis

The Machinery of Life

kirjoittanut David S. Goodsell • 1992

A molecular biologist's watercolors reveal the nanoscale machines running every cell in your body.

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🔬 Molecular Biology 🧬 Structural Biology 🎨 Scientific Illustration 🦠 Cell Biology 🔍 Nanoscale Science

The Machinery of Life

A molecular biologist's watercolors reveal the nanoscale machines running every cell in your body.

kirjoittanut David S. Goodsell 1992 179 sivua

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🔬 Molecular Biology 🧬 Structural Biology 🎨 Scientific Illustration 🦠 Cell Biology 🔍 Nanoscale Science

The Science of Good Cooking

kirjoittanut Cook's Illustrated • 2012

Skip the recipes. Learn why heat, salt, and time actually work.

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🧪 Food Science 🍳 Culinary Techniques 🔧 Technique Over Recipes 🌡️ Precision Cooking 🧑‍🔬 Empirical Cooking

The Science of Good Cooking

Skip the recipes. Learn why heat, salt, and time actually work.

kirjoittanut Cook's Illustrated 2012 486 sivua

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🧪 Food Science 🍳 Culinary Techniques 🔧 Technique Over Recipes 🌡️ Precision Cooking 🧑‍🔬 Empirical Cooking

Materials Science and Engineering

kirjoittanut William D. Callister Jr. • 1985

Atomic architecture decides whether a material bends, shatters, or conducts. Learn the map.

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🔧 Mechanical Behavior 💥 Failure Analysis 🌡️ Phase Transformations 🔬 Microstructure Control 🎯 Material Selection

Materials Science and Engineering

Atomic architecture decides whether a material bends, shatters, or conducts. Learn the map.

kirjoittanut William D. Callister Jr. 1985 848 sivua

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🔧 Mechanical Behavior 💥 Failure Analysis 🌡️ Phase Transformations 🔬 Microstructure Control 🎯 Material Selection

Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness

kirjoittanut Henepola Gunaratana • 2001

You wake up to cortisol, brush with fluoride, and carry a lithium battery. Chemistry did that.

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Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness

You wake up to cortisol, brush with fluoride, and carry a lithium battery. Chemistry did that.

kirjoittanut Henepola Gunaratana 2001 288 sivua

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Sift

kirjoittanut Nicola Lamb • 2024

Harness the science of flour, sugar, and heat to turn baking into confident, repeatable success.

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🧪 Baking Science 🔬 Food Science 🍞 Baking Fundamentals 📖 Baking Reference 🧑‍🍳 Science-Based Cooking

Sift

Harness the science of flour, sugar, and heat to turn baking into confident, repeatable success.

kirjoittanut Nicola Lamb 2024 270 sivua

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🧪 Baking Science 🔬 Food Science 🍞 Baking Fundamentals 📖 Baking Reference 🧑‍🍳 Science-Based Cooking

Cannabis Pharmacy

kirjoittanut Michael Backes • 2013

Your body runs on cannabinoids. A guide to using cannabis for pain, nausea, and neuroprotection.

4.27

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🌿 Medical Cannabis 🌱 Herbal Medicine 💊 Pain Management 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🏥 Patient Guides

Cannabis Pharmacy

Your body runs on cannabinoids. A guide to using cannabis for pain, nausea, and neuroprotection.

kirjoittanut Michael Backes 2013 320 sivua

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🌿 Medical Cannabis 🌱 Herbal Medicine 💊 Pain Management 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🏥 Patient Guides

What Einstein Told His Cook

kirjoittanut Robert L. Wolke • 2002

Kitchen chemistry: why sugar is just sugar, meat has no blood, and a skillet thaws fastest.

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🧪 Kitchen Science ⚛️ Food Chemistry 🧂 Cooking Myths 🧫 Everyday Chemistry 📚 Popular Science

What Einstein Told His Cook

Kitchen chemistry: why sugar is just sugar, meat has no blood, and a skillet thaws fastest.

kirjoittanut Robert L. Wolke 2002 320 sivua

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🧪 Kitchen Science ⚛️ Food Chemistry 🧂 Cooking Myths 🧫 Everyday Chemistry 📚 Popular Science

Cooking for Geeks

kirjoittanut Jeff Potter • 2007

For cooks who ask why: heat, chemistry, and the air bubbles that turn ingredients into dinner.

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🧪 Food Science 🔬 Kitchen Experiments 🍳 Cooking Fundamentals 🍰 Baking Science 🧬 Flavor Chemistry

Cooking for Geeks

For cooks who ask why: heat, chemistry, and the air bubbles that turn ingredients into dinner.

kirjoittanut Jeff Potter 2007 412 sivua

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🧪 Food Science 🔬 Kitchen Experiments 🍳 Cooking Fundamentals 🍰 Baking Science 🧬 Flavor Chemistry

The Fourth Phase of Water

kirjoittanut Gerald H. Pollack • 2013

Water self-assembles into a hidden, light-charged battery that powers the living world.

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💧 Water Science 🧬 Biophysics 🧊 Structured Water 🌀 Self-Organization ⚡ Non-Equilibrium Systems

The Fourth Phase of Water

Water self-assembles into a hidden, light-charged battery that powers the living world.

kirjoittanut Gerald H. Pollack 2013 358 sivua

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💧 Water Science 🧬 Biophysics 🧊 Structured Water 🌀 Self-Organization ⚡ Non-Equilibrium Systems

The Science of Murder

kirjoittanut Carla Valentine • 2021

Agatha Christie taught forensics before forensics existed. A mortuary tech proves it from the page.

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🧪 Forensic Science ☠️ Poison Mysteries 🔍 Crime Scene Analysis 🩺 Forensic Pathology 📚 Golden Age Detection

The Science of Murder

Agatha Christie taught forensics before forensics existed. A mortuary tech proves it from the page.

kirjoittanut Carla Valentine 2021 432 sivua

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🧪 Forensic Science ☠️ Poison Mysteries 🔍 Crime Scene Analysis 🩺 Forensic Pathology 📚 Golden Age Detection

The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes

kirjoittanut John Britt • 2004

High-fire glazes: the recipes, chemistry, and firing know-how for repeatable cone 10 results.

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🫙 Ceramic Glazes 🏺 Studio Ceramics ⚗️ Glaze Chemistry 🔥 Kiln Firing 💨 Atmospheric Firing

The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes

High-fire glazes: the recipes, chemistry, and firing know-how for repeatable cone 10 results.

kirjoittanut John Britt 2004 184 sivua

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🫙 Ceramic Glazes 🏺 Studio Ceramics ⚗️ Glaze Chemistry 🔥 Kiln Firing 💨 Atmospheric Firing

The Science of Beauty

kirjoittanut Michelle Wong • 2024

A cosmetic chemist on what's in your products, what works, and what to stop worrying about.

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