chemistry

Book Reviews

• Robert E. Blankenship: Molecular Mechanisms of Photosynthesis*
  - molecular detail in its broader context
• Donald E. Canfield: Oxygen: A Four Billion Year History
  - deep time geobiochemistry
• Nina Hall: The New Chemistry
  - an overview of research and applications
• Hans-Walter Heldt: Plant Biochemistry*
  - detailed but broad-ranging and well-motivated
• Primo Levi: The Periodic Table**
  - stories of a chemist working with elements
• Lynn Margulis, et al.: Environmental Evolution
  Effects of the Origin and Evolution of Life on Planet Earth
• Stephen F. Mason: Chemical Evolution*
  Origin of the Elements, Molecules, and Living Systems
• Tristram D. Wyatt: Pheromones and Animal Behavior
  Chemical Signals and Signatures

See also: biology | physics