STEM Graphic Novels and Comic Books: Chemistry

Discussion of the cells that make up living beings, as well as the basics of protein synthesis, metabolism, energy production, and photosynthesis; ecosystems and material cycles; the mechanisms of respiration; lipids, cholesterol, and blood types; and the roles and structures of enzymes and proteins; genes and DNA; the differences between biochemistry and molecular biology; and the mystery surrounding the origin of the cell.

"Imagine chemistry as a community of dynamic characters, each with its own personality. This book is your essential guide to the explosive guys who fizz, react, and combine to make up everything around us" -- p. [4] of cover.

Web-style "homepages" introduce to budding chemists each of the chemical elements from the periodic table, complete with witty and informative profiles written by the elements themselves.

Explains "the history and basics of chemistry, atomic theory, combustion, solubility, reaction stoichiometry, the mole, entropy, and much more..." back cover.

In 1891, 24-year-old Marie Sklodowska moved from Warsaw to Paris, where she found work in the laboratory of Pierre Curie, a scientist engaged in research on heat and magnetism. They fell in love. They took their honeymoon on bicycles. They expanded the periodic table, discovering two new elements with startling properties, radium and polonium. They recognized radioactivity as an atomic property, heralding the dawn of a new scientific era. They won the Nobel Prize.