A Healthy, Wealthy, Sustainable World - Hardcover

Emsley, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847558623 ISBN 13: 9781847558626

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2010

Synopsis

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? This book shows how vital chemistry is for producing abundant food, clean water, healing drugs, alternative fuels, and plastics, and how most of the things which a modern society requires now depend on it - and that includes city living and even sport. Written in an appealing style, this lay person's guide explains the roles of chemistry in areas of life ranging from the entirely personal to the global, as well as deconstructing several urban myths about chemicals.

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From the Back Cover:

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.

About the Author:

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, A Healthy, Wealthy, Sustainable World 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1847558623
• ISBN 13: 9781847558626
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 241