连锁反应Chain ReactionIjeoma Uchegbu

基本信息

Book Details

ISBN-13: 9781399733182

ISBN-10: 1399733184

Author: Ijeoma Uchegbu

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 320

Release Date: 20 July 2026

Weight: 0g

Dimensions: 234mm x 153mm

基本信息仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

我们周围的一切都在不断演变，如同链式反应一般，各种键的形成与断裂，各种联系的建立与解散，都发生在转瞬之间。

在《链式反应》一书中，伊杰奥玛·乌切格布教授深入探讨了支撑我们日常生活的化学原理。她以温暖的笔触和个人经历，讲述了化学如何塑造了她的人生，带领我们踏上一段探索之旅：我们的身体如何通过微弱的化学键维系，构成我们身体的分子如何在心脏停止跳动后开始分解，我们的食物如何通过水油界面处化学键的巧妙运用而紧密结合，以及我们衣服的纤维究竟是由什么构成的。作为人类，我们本身就是一个行走的化学反应，因为我们每一个细胞的运转都依赖于化学反应的精心协调。

从理发事故和洗衣意外到救命良药和厨房实验，这本引人入胜的书揭示了化学过程无处不在，它塑造了我们与所处世界的互动。这是一个既具有普遍意义又贴近个人生活、既宏大又细腻的故事，它将改变你看待一切的方式。

Summary

All around us are ever-evolving strings of chain reactions, of bonds forged and broken, of connections made and unmade in less than the blink of an eye.

In Chain Reaction, Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu dives into the chemistry that underpins our everyday existence. With warmth and personal anecdotes about the chemistry that has shaped her life, Uchegbu takes us on a journey exploring how our bodies are held together by weak chemical bonds, how our constituent molecules start to break up once our heart stops beating, how our food is stitched together by a careful exploitation of chemical bonds at the interface between water and oil, and exactly what the fibres in our clothes are made of. To be human is to be a walking chemical reaction, as our individual cells are all powered by careful co-ordination of chemistry.

From hairdressing disasters and laundry mishaps to life-saving medicines and kitchen experiments, this eye-opening book reveals that chemical processes are all around us, defining our interactions with the world we live in. This is a story that’s both universal and personal, grand and intimate, and it will change the way you see everything.

作者简介

伊杰奥玛·乌切格布（Ijeoma Uchegbu）是伦敦大学学院药物纳米教授、剑桥大学沃尔夫森学院院长、发明家和教育家。她是英国医学科学院院士、英国皇家化学学会荣誉院士、惠康基金会理事，以及她联合创办的纳米化学有限公司的科学官。她曾在科学领域担任过多个领导职务，包括英国药学科学院主席，并曾做客BBC广播四台的《女性时间》（Woman’s Hour）、《荒岛唱片》（Desert Island Discs）、BBC《展望》（Outlook）等节目，她的事迹也曾被《卫报》和《每日电讯报》报道。2025年，她在新年授勋名单中被授予大英帝国女爵士勋章（Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire）。

Ijeoma Uchegbu is Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience at University College London, President of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, an inventor, and an educator. She is a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a governor for Wellcome Trust and Chief Scientific Officer, a company that she co-founded. She has held a variety of leadership positions in science including serving as Chairperson of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and has appeared on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, Desert Island Discs, BBC Outlook and been featured in the Guardian and Daily Telegraph. In 2025 she was made Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours.