Creations of Fire Chemistry's Lively History from Alchemy to the Atomic Age

Name: Creations of Fire Chemistry's Lively History from Alchemy to the Atomic Age
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ISBN: 9780738205946

ISBN-10: 073820594X

ISBN-13: 9780738205946

Edition: 2001

Authors: Cathy Cobb, Harold Goldwhite

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This text looks at the history of the people behind the greatest discoveries in chemistry. The authors celebrate not only chemistry's theories and breakthroughs but also the times and personalities that shaped it.

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List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 12/20/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.39" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.232







ca. 100,000-300 BCE: Prehistoric Chemist to Chemical Philosopher--The Seeds



ca. 300 BCE-600 CE: Alexandria and Alchemy



ca. 200 BCE-1000 CE: From Rome to Baghdad



ca. 1000-1200: Alchemy Translates from East to West



ca. 1300-1500: The Evolution of European Alchemy



ca. 1600: Philosophers of Fire



ca. 1700: The Search for System and Phlogiston






ca. 1700: Revolution!



ca. 1800-1848: Apres Le Deluge



ca. 1800-1848: The Professional Chemist



ca. 1848-1914: Thermodynamics--The Heat of the Matter



ca. 1830-1914: Organic Chemistry--Up from the Ooze



ca. 1848-1914: Inorganic Elements and Ions--New Earths and Airs



ca. 1848-1914: Analytical, Industrial, and Biochemistry-- Creations of Coal






ca. 1914-1950: Quantum Chemistry-- The Belly of the Beast



ca. 1914-1950: Polymers and Proteins: Links in the Chain



ca. 1914-1950: New Materials and Methods--Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Grow



ca. 1914-1950: Chemical Kinetics--Boom or Bust



ca. 1914-1950: Radiochemistry--Dalton Dissected



The Best Is Yet To Come


Endnotes


Annotated Bibliography


Index