Udivitel'nye istorii o veshchestvakh samykh raznykh - Kenzheev B., Obraztsov P.

In the book of the famous popularizer of science Peter Obraztsov and his classmate in the faculty of chemistry of Moscow State University, the famous poet Bakhyt Kenzheev tells about dozens of the most ordinary and most unusual substances around man - from gold to food, from water to poisons, from enzymes and medicines to shale gas. After all, man himself is a mixture of chemicals, and at least that's why knowledge of their properties avoids a lot of domestic troubles, which is very cleverly described in the book. The authors debunk numerous myths and expose prejudices associated with different substances, but at the same time report a lot of surprising about the features of these substances, and in addition - find a lot of unexpected intersections of chemistry and poetry. Even those for whom the lessons of chemistry - untold boredom, having read this entertaining book, will regret that it is so quickly ended.