Since chemistry is the basis of all things, we encounter it in one way or another every day. We listen to doctors’ recommendations, read instructions for medications, participate in discussions about the benefits or harms of food, select cosmetic care products, etc. And the better we understand chemical terminology, the more confident we feel in the modern world. “The Language of Chemistry” ” is a reference book on the etymology of chemical names, but it is an unusual reference book. You can use it like a real dictionary to understand the origin and meaning of certain terms that have always been so easy to get confused about. But you can also read it as a fascinating story about the history of chemistry as a science and the “anatomy of words.”