Books about elements
- The Elements- a visual exploration of every know atom in the universe: Theodore Gray 2009
- The Elements- the new guide to the building blocks of our universe: Jack Challoner 2014
- The elements- a very short introduction: Philip Ball 2004
- The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction: Eric Scerri 2011
- Nature’s Building blocks An A to Z guide to the Elements: J Emsley 2011
- The Periodic Table: A Field Guide to the Elements: Paul Parsons 2013
- Elements of Murder – A history of poison: J Emsley, 2006
- Periodic Tales: The Curious lives of Elements: Hugh Aldersey-Williams 2012
- The Periodic Table: A visual guide to the elements: Tom Jackson 2017
- Seven Elements That Have Changed The World: Iron, Carbon, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Titanium, Silicon John Browne 2014
- The Disappearing Spoon…and other true tales from the Periodic Table Paperback – 28 Jul 2011 by Sam Kean
History of chemistry Books
- Mendeleyev’s dream: the quest for elements; P Strathern 2001
- The big bang – A history of explosives; GI Brown, 1998
- The Periodic Table. Its story and its significance; EF Scerri- a detailed exploration of the development of the periodic table 2006
- A tale of 7 elements. Eric Scerri 2013
- Curious Tales from Chemistry: The Last Alchemist in Paris and Other Episodes Lars Öhrström 2015
More advanced science readers
- Why chemical reactions happen: James Keeler, Peter Worthers 2003
- Made to Measure: New Materials for the 21st Century by Philip Ball 1999
- Chemical Structure and Reactivity: Keeler and Worthers: a degree level book
- Chemistry³: Introducing inorganic, organic and physical chemistry: first year undergraduate book
Chemistry: A Volatile History documentary
Jim Al-Khalili traces the story of how the elements, the building blocks that make up our entire world, were discovered and mapped.
WATCH HERE: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qbq7f/episodes/player
Primo Levi's short Stories
Primo Levi wrote the very moving book 'The Periodic Table'. Here you will find dramatisations of selected chapters. Brilliant!
Books about Molecules
- Molecules : Peter Atkins 2003
- Molecules at an exhibition: J Emsley, 1999
- Vanity, Vitality and Virility- the science behind the products you love to buy: J Emsley 2004
- Healthy, Wealthy, Sustainable World; J Emsley, 2010
- H2O – a biography of water; Philip Ball ,2000
- Oxygen- the molecule that made the world; Nick Lane 2003
- Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything: Nick Mann, Theodore Gray 2014
- Why Does Asparagus Make Your Wee Smell?: And 57 other curious food and drink questions: Andy Brunning 2016
- Stuff matters : the strange stories of the marvellous materials that shape our man-made world : Mark Miodownik. 2014
General Chemistry readers
- Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction; Peter Atkins 2015
- Physical Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction; Peter Atkins 2014
- Reactions: The private life of atoms ; Peter Atkins 2013
- What is Chemistry? ; Peter Atkins 2013
- The joy of chemistry- The amazing science of Familiar things; Cobb, Fetterolf 2010
- The Atom: The building block of everything ; Jack Challoner 2018
- Reactions: An Illustrated Exploration of Elements, Molecules, and Change in the Universe ; Theodore Gray 2017
- 50 Chemistry Ideas You Really Need to Know ; Hayley Birch 2015
- Strange Chemistry: The Stories Your Chemistry Teacher Wouldn’t Tell You ; Steven Farmer 2017
- Elemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (Nearly) Everything : Tim James 2018
- Biochemistry book recommendations
Biochemistry books recommended by The University of Oxford
- “Life, chemistry and molecular biology”, W. Pickering, C. Smith and E.J. Wood, pub. Portland Press.
- “Why chemical reactions happen”, J. Keeler and P. Wothers, pub. OUP.
- “Bringing chemistry to life: from matter to man”, R.J.P. Williams and J.J.R.F. da Silva, pub. Oxford University Press.
- “Catch Up Maths & Stats for the life and medical sciences”, M. Harris, G. Taylor and J. Taylor, pub. Scion.
- “Catch Up Chemistry for the life and medical sciences”, M. Fry and E. Page, pub. Scion.
- “The selfish gene”, “The ancestors' tale” and other books by Richard Dawkins.
- “Y, the descent of man” by Steve Jones.
- “The eighth day of creation: the makers of the revolution in biology” by Horace Judson.
- “Power, sex and suicide - mitochondria and the meaning of life” and other books by Nick Lane.
- “Advice to a young scientist” by Peter Medawar.
- “Genome - autobiography of a species”, “Nature via Nurture” and other books by Matt Ridley.
- “The seven daughters of Eve” by Bryan Sykes.
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