About the Author
Kate Denniston is a biochemist in the Biology Dept. of Towson State University. At Towson, she has been honored with such awards as the "Outstanding Faculty Award" and the "Faculty Merit Award". Her previous employment record is literally a list of some of the best biochemistry institutions in the world: Univ. of Wisconsin as a post-doc, Georgetown University School of Medicine as research professor, National Cancer Institute as a Senior Staff Fellow, the Argonee National laboratory in their research program, and as an Invited Instructor by the European Molecular Biology Organization. She has written for such noteworthy publications as Nature, Science.
Table of Contents
1 Chemistry: Methods and Measurement2 The Composition and Structure of the Atom3 Elements, Atoms, Ions, and the Periodic Table4 Structure and Properties of Ionic and Covalent Compounds5 Calculations and the Chemical Equation6 States of Matter: Gases, Liquids, and Solids7 Reactions and Solutions8 Chemical and Physical Change: Energy, Rate, and Equilibrium9 Charge-Transfer Reactions: Acids and Bases and Oxidation-Reduction10 The Nucleus, Radioactivity, and Nuclear Medicine11 An Introduction to Organic Chemistry: The Chapter 12 The Unsaturated Hydrocarbons: Alkenes, Chapter 13 Alcohols, Phenols, Thiols, and Ethers14 Aldehydes and Ketones15 Carboxylic Acids and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives16 Amines and Amides17 Carbohydrates18 Lipids and Their Functions in Biochemical Systems19 Protein Structure and Function20 Enzymes21 Carbohydrate Metabolism22 Aerobic Respiration and Energy Production23 Fatty Acid Metabolism24 Introduction to Molecular Genetics