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Strange Chemistry
The Stories Your Chemistry Teacher Wouldn’t Tell You
Steven Farmer
ISBN: 978-1-119-26526-9 | Sep 2017 | 364PP
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This book opens the audience’s eyes to the extraordinary scientific secrets hiding
in everyday objects. Helping readers increase chemistry knowledge in a fun and
entertaining way, the book is perfect as a supplementary textbook or gift to
curious professionals and novices.
•• Appeals to a modern audience of science lovers by discussing multiple
examples of chemistry in everyday life
•• Addresses compounds that affect everyone in one way or another: poisons,
pharmaceuticals, foods, and illicit drugs; thereby evoking a powerful emotional
response which increases interest in the topic at hand
•• Focuses on edgy types of stories that chemists generally tend to avoid so as
not to paint chemistry in a bad light; however, these are the stories that people
find interesting
•• Provides detailed and sophisticated stories that increase the reader’s
fundamental scientific knowledge
•• Discusses complex topics in an engaging and accessible manner, providing the
‘how’ and ‘why’ that takes readers deeper into the stories
About the Author
Steven Farmer, PhD, has worked as a chemistry instructor at California State
University, Sacramento and at University of California, Davis. Currently, he holds the
position of Professor of Chemistry at Sonoma State University (SSU). Dr Farmer is
a seasoned teacher with over a decade of experience teaching general chemistry,
organic chemistry, and advanced organic synthesis courses. He has earned six
teaching awards, including the Sarlo Excellence in Teaching Award, which is given
to only one of the over 500 SSU faculty each year. He performs research involving
chemical education and is actively involved in giving outreach lectures to the public.