Sisällysluettelo:
“…Ozone: location, location, location -- Sodium chloride: salt of the earth -- Water: taking the extraordinary for granted -- Sulphur dioxide: food, glorious food -- Silicon dioxide: flexible glass -- Ammonia: bread from air -- Magnetite: finding your way -- Sulphuric acid: the status symbol -- Lithium iron phosphate: the spark of life -- Carbon dioxide: smoke and bubbles -- Urea: another man's waste -- Methanethiol: the big stink -- Ethene: the ripe banana -- Ethanol: a drink to lily the pink -- Polytetrafluoroethene: the Teflon coat -- Propanethial-S-oxide: the booby trap -- Nitroglycerin: a bigger bang for your buck -- Diethyl ether: an end to pain -- Vitamin C: the scurvy knave -- Glucose: stoking the furnace -- Saccharin: licking the spoon -- Caffeine: a mind-altering substance -- Phenylethylamine: the feel-good factor -- Octane: the need for speed -- Tetraethyl lead: a bumpy ride -- Acetylsalicylic acid: a nice cup of tea -- Adrenaline: the warning sign -- Nicotine: Mr Nice... but nasty -- 9-oxo-2-decenoic acid: the language of bees -- Adenosine triphosphate: the zombie -- Tryptophan: the postprandial snooze -- Myristicin: the spice of life -- Cellulose: taking notes -- Nylon: plastic fantastic -- Geosmin: the smell of rain -- Melatonin: things that go bump in the night -- DDT: saving the world -- Cyanidin: colourful language -- Penicillin: true perseverance -- Chlorpromazine: mother's little helper --
Morphine: what's in a name -- Melanin: the white elephant -- Capsaicin: a question of trust -- Porphine: the support staff -- Quinine: the conquistador -- Retinal: let there be light -- Progesterone: women's lib -- Mauveine: fifty shades -- Cholesterol: Mr Duplicitous -- Insulin: the good manager -- Botulinum toxin: the fountain of youth -- DNA: the world dominator…”
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