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The world stands at a crossroads. What route to the future should we take? The road to a sustainable future beckons, but what effect will this have on chemistry, which appears so dependent on fossil resources? Its products are part of everyday living, and without them we could regress to the world of earlier generations when lives were blighted by disease, famines, dirt, and pain. In fact the industries based on chemistry - the chemical, agrochemical, and pharmaceutical industries - could be sustainable and not only benefit those in the developed world but could be shared by everyone on this planet and for generations to come. This book shows how it might be achieved. John Emsley is a popular science writer whose first book, The Consumer's Good Chemical Guide, won the 1995 Science Book Prize and has been translated into 12 other languages. Then came Molecules at an Exhibition, Vanity, Vitality & Virility, and Better Looking, Better Living, Better Loving, all devoted to the benefits of chemistry. A Healthy, Wealthy, Sustainable World will deal with the things we regard as essential to a developed lifestyle and which depend on chemistry, namely food, water, fuel, healing drugs and plastics, as well as other areas where its role is less obvious, such as city living and sport.
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- Title Healthy, Wealthy, Sustainable World
- Author John Emsley
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 241
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Date 2010-07
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781847558626 / 1847558623
- Weight 1.07 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 9.23 x 6.37 x 0.76 in (23.44 x 16.18 x 1.93 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 540
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