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• Title:Molecules : the elements and the architecture of everything / Theodore Gray ; photographs by Nick Mann.
  
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• Variant Title:Elements and the architecture of everything
  Elements & the architecture of everything
  
• Author/Creator:Gray, Theodore W., author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Mann, Nick, photographer.
  
• Published/Created:New York, New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2014.
  ©2014
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QC173 .G65897 2014
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Molecules.
  Molecular structure.
  
• Medical Subjects: Molecular Structure
  
• Genre/Form:Illustrated works.
  
• Edition:First edition.
  
• Description:240 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
  
• Summary:"Everything physical is made up of the elements and the infinite variety of molecules they form when they combine with each other. In Molecules, Theodore Gray takes the next step in the grand story that began with the periodic table in his ... book, The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe. Here, he explores through fascinating stories and trademark stunning photography the most interesting, essential, useful, and beautiful of the millions of chemical structures that make up every material in the world."-- From the publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  Includes index.
  
• ISBN:9781579129712 (hardcover)
  1579129714 (hardcover)
  9781603763967 (paperback)
  1603763961 (paperback)
  
• Contents:1. A house built of elements : atoms, molecules, and the infinite connections of chemistry
  2. The power of names
  3. Dead or alive : living or nonliving, rock or wool, what is organic?
  4. Oil and water : soap brings together ancient enemies
  5. Mineral and vegetable : the two wolds of sticky, oily, pasty things
  6. Rock and ore : rocks, minerals, and the source of all compounds
  7. Rope and fiber : yes, ropes really are made of long, thin molecules
  8. Pain and pleasure : a family tree of painkillers and their cousins
  9. Sweet and double sweet : Sugar and all the tasty things that are not sugar
  10. Natural and artificial : who does a better job us or Mother Nature?
  11. Rose and skunk
  12. Color me chemical : beautiful palette of molecules
  13. I hate that molecule
  14. Machines of life.