Nuffield Advanced Chemistry: The Chemist in Action

The Chemist in Action was designed to give students a more complete picture of the work of the technologist in a number of carefully selected areas than could be provided in the Student Books. In particular its aims were:
*to provide examples in the modern chemical industry of the application of basic chemical principles encountered in the main body of the advanced course.
*to illustrate the nature of the tasks undertaken by chemists in applied fields and to discuss the economic, social, and ethical considerations involved.
*to illustrate the inter-disciplinary activities of chemists, engineers, metallurgists, biologists, medical and agricultural experts, and other specialists.
*to provide the student with glimpses into possible future careers in applied chemistry so that he may have more information to help him decide on courses to follow at university and beyond.

Contents
Introduction ix
Chapter 1: The chemical engineer
Chapter 2: The aerospace industry
Chapter 3: Materials
Chapter 4: Polymers
Chapter 5: Analytical chemistry
Chapter 6: The chemist and crop protection
Chapter 7: The discovery of a new volatile anaesthetic
Chapter 8: The chemist and electronics
Chapter 9: Catalysis