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Jan 1, 1938 — —· 88 yrs

UNITED KINGDOM AUTHOR · CHEMICAL ELEMENTS · CHEMISTRY

John Emsley

Also known as: Emsley, John.

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Dr John Emsley is a UK popular science writer, broadcaster and academic specialising in chemistry. He researched and lectured at King's College London for 25 years, authoring or co-authoring about 100 papers, and then became Science Writer in Residence at Imperial College London in 1990. From 1997 to 2002 he was Science Writer in Residence at the Department of Chemistry at Cambridge University, England, during which time he started and wrote the newsletter Chem@Cam. Several of his books have been translated into German. - Wikipedia

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THERE ARE scores of myths surrounding the things we eat: chocolate is almost addictive; Coca-Cola is just a concoction of chemicals; garlic wards off heart disease and cancer; an aspirin a day keeps the doctor away.

— from Molecules at an Exhibition, 1998

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Molecules at an Exhibition

1998

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Emsley describes chemicals which affect every aspect of our daily lives, including anecdotes about their proper or improper uses.

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Liebe, Licht Und Lippenstift

2007

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Sonne, Sex Und Schokolade

2003

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