Fall 2017
30-Second Chemistry The 50 most elemental concepts in chemistry, each explained in half a minute Nivaldo Tro Chemistry is the science of matter—its composition, structure, properties, and how it changes. Understand the chemistry and you’ll know why some things oxidize and others explode; why food is good to eat and coal is not. This book brings the subject out of the lab and boils it down to its essential elements—in just 30 seconds. Nivaldo Tro is a Professor of Chemistry at Westmont
College in Santa Barbara, California. His chemistry textbooks are used at colleges and universities around the world.
30-Second Genetics The 50 most revolutionary discoveries in genetics, each explained in half a minute Jonathan Weitzman Genetics—the study of heredity—reveals how the characteristics of living organisms are determined by the genes passed down the generations. Stripping the subject to its bare necessities, 30-Second Genetics charts the most extraordinary discoveries, from the fundamentals of cell biology to the almost unbelievable advances in DNA sequencing and stem-cell technology. Jonathan Weitzman is Professor of Genetics at the
Université Paris-Diderot, a founding director of the Centre Epigénétique et Destin Cellulaire and a former faculty member at the Pasteur Institute, Paris.
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