Lessons In Chemistry

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GMA BOOK CLUB PICK • Meet Elizabeth Zott: “a gifted research chemist, absurdly self-assured and immune to social convention” (The Washington Post) in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show. • STREAM ON APPLE TV+ This novel is “irresistible, satisfying and full of fuel” (The New York Times Book Review) and “witty, sometimes hilarious...the Catch-22 of early feminism” (Stephen King, via Twitter). A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, Oprah Daily, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results. But like science, life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America’s most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cooking (“combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride”) proves revolutionary. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn’t just teaching women to cook. She’s daring them to change the status quo. Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.

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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES, #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The multi-million copy bestseller As read on BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime Winner of the Goodreads Choice Best Debut Novel Award British Book Awards Author of the Year 'Sparky, rip-roaring, funny, with big-hearted fully formed, loveable characters' SUNDAY TIMES 'The most charming, life-enhancing novel I've read in ages. Strongly recommend' INDIA KNIGHT ___________ Your ability to change everything - including yourself - starts here Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing. But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality. Forced to resign, she reluctantly signs on as the host of a cooking show, Supper at Six. But her revolutionary approach to cooking, fuelled by scientific and rational commentary, grabs the attention of a nation. Soon, a legion of overlooked housewives find themselves daring to change the status quo. One molecule at a time. __________ A Book of the Year for- Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, Good Housekeeping, Woman & Home, Stylist, TLS, Oprah Daily, Newsweek, Mail on Sunday, New York Times, India Knight, Hay Festival, Amazon and many others SOON TO BE A MAJOR APPLE TV SERIES STARRING BRIE LARSON 'Biting and cheerIng in exactly the right measure' JOJO MOYES 'I loved Lessons in Chemistry and am devastated to have finished it!' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Laugh-out-loud funny and brimming with life, generosity and courage' RACHEL JOYCE 'A novel that sparks joy with every page' ELIZABETH DAY 'Elizabeth Zott is an iconic heroine' PANDORA SYKES 'A page-turning and highly satisfying tale' MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD, author of GREAT CIRCLE

Excerpt from The First Book of Lessons in Chemistry, in Its Application to Agriculture: For the Use of Farmers and Teachers The most striking characteristics of the present time are, the numerous applications which are every day made of the knowledge of the laws of nature, which modern science has so successfully investigated. During thirty years of peace the highest intellects of Europe have been dedicated to the advancement of the useful arts; and the discovery of new and refined instruments of research, by giving accuracy to the investigations of the philosopher, have not only enabled him to advance with confidence beyond the footmarks of his predecessors, but even to enter upon and subjugate regions hitherto considered as destined to remain inaccessible to human inquiry. Among the sciences, Chemistry in particular has, within the last few years, advanced with a celerity which even the most sanguine could not have anticipated; and it must be to us a matter of congratulation, that it is our fortune to live in an age in which the advantages of its brilliant discoveries are experienced by every individual. If we should estimate the value of any science by its effects upon the commerce and prosperity of nations, - by its influence upon the useful arts, and its contributions to the enjoyments of our race, - we must give the first place to Chemistry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The First Book of Lessons in Chemistry, in Its Application to Agriculture: For the Use of Farmers and Teachers The science of Chemistry has been cultivated from the most remote times, yet its history for centuries might be comprised in a few pages. At one time the slave of seekers for gold, and of dreamers after an elixir which might render man proof against the shafts of death, its language was rendered purposely obscure, so as to be unintelligible to the bulk of the people. In later times again we find it but the servant of the physician, useful in compounding the drugs which he employed, and exhibiting in its menial garb little of that important character which it has since assumed, and which leads us now to regard it as the surest interpreter of nature, and one of the most powerful instruments in advancing the civilization of the world. With the advance of scientific knowledge which has distinguished the present time, the means for diffusing it over the world have also everywhere increased. The railway, itself a noble monument of what the science of the present age has accomplished, has become one of the great instruments of extending the influence of her discoveries, and is destined to accomplish far greater things than the famous highways along which the arts and civilization of ancient Rome were carried, and will yet be the means of giving light and knowledge to the remotest corners of the land. All professions have not been equally advanced by the application of scientific knowledge. Whilst some by availing themselves of its assistance have been brought to the greatest perfection, others have for years remained stationary, or have only lately received any impulse towards improvement. Among the occupations of men upon which science until very lately cast but a feeble and uncertain light, we must place the cultivation of the soil. It would occupy too much time to investigate all the causes of this strange state of things; it is, however, well known that the art of agriculture, the most ancient as it is the most important of human occupa tions, for centuries remained almost stationary and seemingly unaffected by the onward march of society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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