Chemistry for Breakfast: The Amazing Science of Everyday Life Paperback – August 30, 2022

The book explains everyday phenomena, such as why soap creates bubbles and why salt and sugar are used to preserve food. It also refers to the not-so-convenient lives of young researchers in Universities. It is fun to read.

I enjoyed learning the science behind daily phenomena. Unfortunately, The book is dated, the author describes Teflon as perfectly safe despite recent research showing the opposite.

The book doesn’t go too in-depth into any concepts but explains it at a high level that most people should understand. A fun read!

My daugther requested this book before she takes chemistry courses at college,Great summer reading to make you love chemistry

Great fun to read this book. The writer has a good sense of humour. I finished the book in a weekend. Now friends are passing around the book and enjoyed it too!

Every chemical you ever wanted for breakfast, and more. The title was catchy but it was actually much more. That is because Dr. Nguyen-Kim. Adds so much more. I had never heard of her but she seems popular on the You-Tube circuit breaking down mind numbing chemical principles into understandable practicality for us mere science mortals.As with many others, chemistry was a difficult subject for me both in high school and college. This surprised me because I had thought it would be cool mixing things in the lab and seeing what happened. Some of that was, but the classroom intervened and understanding and balancing the equationswas not quite as exhilarating. In this book those equations and diagrams lurk in the background but the Dr. makes them much more palatable with real life examples of chemistry and how it influences our lives in so many ways and are just frankly inescapable.She also delves into her chosen career a bit and explains how the doctorate students and researchers pursue a pretty grinding choice in this career. Many hours logged in the research around the clock. But not to lament the financial rewards are out there in private industry should they so choose an alternative path.But back to the nuts and bolts of chemical reactions. She delves into many examples in the how and why of chemistry and the role it plays in everyday things. Much to learn. She seems to have set me straight on a few confusing issues most of us confront each day. Like the proper charging of those batteries that run our lives, oh I meant phones. There was also a very enlightening segment spent on the organic side, as in alcohol versus humans or how they mix or don't. That was an eye opener and one I may pay a bit more attention to in quaffing that second or third round.In total a worthwhile and enlightening book that will make us all a bit wiser and respectful. Especially of our nerdy chemically oriented friends who devote their lives to tweaking the hidden to hopefully improve and enhance life for us all.

Excellent!

It's always fun to read a book about a subject that the author is in love with, like this book. The books covers a day in the life of a chemistry enthusiast and the chemical reactions along the away. A fun read for anybody with interest in sceince.