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Chemicals in everyday life

A list of leading references for interested students.

1. The CPS book (Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties), McPherson Library, Reference Section, Call Number: RS141.23 C6. There is a copy in the main McPherson Library reference section and in the Chemistry Reading Room. This is a good place to look up any drugs that you are taking in order to find out the details of clinical studies, side effects, contraindications, etc.
2. Five recent books by Dr Joe Schwarcz of the McGill University Office for Science and Society. The books contain many topics related to health and nutrition. Joe Schwarcz's books: Dr. Joe & What You Didn't Know, Radar, Hula Hoops and Playful Pigs, The Genie in the Bottle, That's The Way The Cookie Crumbles, The Fly In The Ointment and Let Them Eat Flax are available from the Office for Science and Society or from any good bookstore.
3. 1001 Chemicals in Everyday Products by Grace Ross Lewis (1994), McPherson Library, Reference Section, Call Number: TP200 L49.
4. Chemistry in the Marketplace by Ben Selinger, McPherson Library, Reference Section, Call Number: QD37 S42, 1986 (3rd edition, but there is at least a 5th edition now.)
5. Atkins' Molecules by Peter Atkins (second edition 2003). Not in the UVic library but available in bookstores.
6. The Extraordinary Chemistry of Everyday Things by Carl H Snyder, 4th edition 2003 (Not in the UVic Library but available in bookstores).
7. Drugs and the Brain by Solomon H Snyder (1986), McPherson Library, Call Number: RM315 S58.
8. Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History, by Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson
   (2003), McPherson Library, Call Number: QD37 L34.
9. Anabolic Steroids: and Other Performance Enhancing Drugs by Pat Lenahan (2003), McPherson
   Library, Call Number: RC1230 L46