本书主要包括介绍了有关化学方面的知识与空气资源等。

BRIEF CONTENTS
·1Chemistry Is a Molecular Science 1
Looking at the World of Atoms and Molecules
·2Elements of Chemistry 39
Understanding Chemistry through Its Language
·3Discovering the Atom and Subatomic Particles 75
Where Weve Been and What We Now Know
·4The Atomic Nucleus 107
Know Nukes
·5Atomic Models 143
Virtual Handles on the Very Real
·6Chemical Bonding and Molecular Shapes 185
How Atoms Connect to One Another
·7Molecular Mixing 221
How Molecules Attract One Another
·8Those Incredible Water Molecules 255
Macroscopic Consequences of Molecular Stickiness
·9An Overview of Chemical Reactions 291
How Reactions React to Form Products
·10Acids and Bases 329
Transferring Protons
·11Oxidation and Reduction 363
Transferring Electrons
·12Organic Compounds 391
A Survey of Carbon-Based Molecules
·13Chemicals of Life 431
The Nutrients That Make Up Our Bodies
·14The Chemistry of Drugs 479
Understanding Drug Action
·15Optimizing Food Production 519
From the Good Earth
·16Fresh Water Resources 553
Our Roles and Responsibilities
·17Air Resource 579
One Planet，One Atmosphere
·18Material Resources 609
A Look at the Materials of Our Society
·19Energy Resources 637
Managing for the Present and the Future