MAP20070023921Barrett, JackChemistry in your environment : user-friendly, simplified science / Jack Barrett. — Chichester : Albion Publishing, 1994247 p. ; 24 cmSumario: Chemistry in everyday life -- Chemistry explained -- Radiation and radioactivity -- Air: the earth's atmosphere -- The earth's major metals -- Fire and the fossil fuels -- Water -- Some important substances and materials -- Food and life -- Drugs and health -- Chemistry: history and concepts -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Further reading -- Glossarial index -- Index of industries, substances and natural phenomena