Your Expert Guide

From a top expert in the world of science comes this definitive and clear guide to chemistry, published in partnership with the Royal Society of Chemistry. In Your Expert Guide: Chemistry for Kids, discover the foundations of this crucial and exciting branch of science. Learn to think like a chemist, stay safe in the lab and explore the chemical building blocks of everything around you - from the air we breathe and the water we drink, to rockets, smartphones, stars and our bodies. Get an expert view of how chemistry underpins our understanding of matter on Earth and beyond! Written by Dr Kit Chapman, award-winning science journalist, academic at Falmouth University and global science communicator. Published in partnership with The Royal Society of Chemistry, the internationally renowned nonprofit organisation with the same mission since 1841: to advance excellence in the chemical sciences. With approachable artwork by Dao Linh, see the elements come alive for curious readers aged 8+. Books in the Your Expert Guide series: With the Royal Society of Chemistry: The Periodic Table, Chemistry for Kids With the Royal Society of Biology: The Human Body, Biology for Kids With the Institute of Physics: Astrophysics for Kids, Physics for Kids