Modern life is made up of a mind-boggling array of materials. A simple drinking cup, for example, might be made of Styrofoam, paper, or glass, depending on the drinker's needs at the moment. Home storage cabinets can be made of metal, wood, or plastic. Space shuttles are assembled from silicon, steel, and hundreds of other materials. All of these items owe their properties to the chemical bonds between the atoms that make up the substance. ""Chemical Bonds"" examines the nature of the chemical bonds, answering fundamental questions about how they form, how they are broken, and how they help define life as we know it.

 

This book is part of a book series called Essential Chemistry .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Chelsea House Publishers .

Artist Peter Minister is an illustrator and digital modeler. He worked for several years as a special effects model maker producing sculptures, props, and special effects for film, museums, and theme parks. Today he works as a digital artist producing illustrations for books and digital models for games and TV. Prehistoric reconstructions - particularly dinosaurs - are his specialty and he has worked with Phil Manning on several projects.