Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Atoms and molecules -- Biotechnology -- Catalysts -- Chemical industry -- Chemical products -- Crop protection -- Elements -- Environmental protection -- Fertilizers -- Literature -- Mistakes ... -- Molecular energy -- Molecular form -- Nobel Prize -- Patents -- Pharmaceuticals -- Pigments -- Plastics -- Poisons -- Raw materials -- Reactive intermediates -- Sensors -- Synthesis -- Appendices. Nobel Prize winners: in Chemistry ; in Medicine ; in Physics. The excellent mixture of superlatives from research and industry makes this book very difficult to put down and will help the layman as well as the experts to gain a better insight into the wonders of chemistry.