30-Second Chemistry: The 50 most elemental concepts in chemistry, each explained in half a minute.

As the central science that bridges biology and physics, chemistry explains the diversity of all things tangible at a molecular level. Chemistry is the science of matter - understand chemistry and you'll know why some things oxidize and others explode; why food is good to eat and coal is not. This book brings the subject out of the lab and boils it down to its essential elements - in just 30 seconds.