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We recommend the following websites to Chemistry students.

• Catalyst, a science magazine for students aged 14-19
• Resources for students collated by Royal Society of Chemistry
• Chemistry World magazine
• ChemNet society
• New Scientist
• The Periodic Table videos from the University of Nottingham
• AS/A level resources from the University of Liverpool
• Animations of organic reactions mechanisms
• A level chemistry notes
• AS/A level resources from Knockhardy Publishing
• A list of recommended books can be found here.

We also recommend to following books to Chemistry students.

Akhavan, Jacqueline

• The chemistry of explosives

Aldridge, Susan

• Magic molecules – how drugs work

Atkins, P. W. (Peter)

• Four laws that drive the universe
• The periodic kingdom – a journey into the land of the chemical elements

Ball, Philip

• Elegant solutions : ten beautiful experiments in chemistry
• H2O – a biography of water
• The ingredients – a guided tour of the elements
• Stories of the invisible – a guided tour of the molecules

Beckett, S. T.

• The science of chocolate

Berson, Jerome A.

• Chemical creativity : ideas from the work of Woodward, Huckel, Meerwein and others

Brock, W. H.

• The Fontana history of chemistry

Coultate, T. P.

• Food – the chemistry of its components

Emsley, John

• The Consumer's Good Chemical Guide: Separating Facts from Fiction about Everyday Products
• Better looking, better living, better loving : how chemistry can help you achieve life's goals
• The elements of murder

Goldacre, Ben

• Bad science

McGee, Harold

• On food and cooking – the science and lore of the kitchen

McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch

• Prometheans in the lab – chemistry and the making of the modern world

Parry, Vivienne

• The truth about hormones

Pond, Caroline M.

• The fats of life

Pybus, David & Sell, Charles

• The chemistry of fragrances

Rhodes, Richard

• The making of the atomic bomb

Roesky, Herbert W. & Möckel, Klaus

• Chemical curiosities: spectacular experiments and inspired quotes

Russell, Michael S.

• The chemistry of fireworks

Sacks, Oliver

• Uncle Tungsten – memories of a chemical boyhood

Selinger, Ben

• Chemistry in the market place