Explores various chemistry concepts by looking at the properties of items commonly found in medicine cabinets, and contains instructions for two science experiments.
Describes the processes by which chemists design and develop drugs, discussing how drugs work in the body, the use of natural products in drugs, recombinant DNA as a new source of drugs, designer drugs, and rational drug design.
A biography of the chemist who, in recognition of her important discoveries and inventions, was the first woman inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1991.
