Asimov on chemistry [17 essays]

the long version

Collection of essays: PART I. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY The weighting game Slow burn The element of perfection Welcome, stranger! Death in the laboratory To tell a chemist PART II. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY The evens have it PART III. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY You too can speak Gaelic PART IV. BIOCHEMISTRY The haste-makers Life's bottleneck The egg and wee That's life Not as we know it PART V. GEOCHEMISTRY Recipe for a planet No more ice ages? PART VI. GENERAL The nobelmen of science The Isaac winners