Transforming Matter A History of Chemistry from Alchemy to the Buckyball

Name: Transforming Matter A History of Chemistry from Alchemy to the Buckyball
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ISBN: 9780801866104

ISBN-10: 0801866103

ISBN-13: 9780801866104

Edition: 2001

Authors: Trevor H. Levere

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Chemistry explores the way atoms interact, the constitution of the stars, and the human genome. Knowledge of chemistry makes it possible for us to manufacture dyes and antibiotics, metallic alloys, and other materials that contribute to the necessities and luxuries of human life. In Transforming Matter, noted historian Trevor H. Levere emphasizes that understanding the history of these developments helps us to appreciate the achievements of generations of chemists. Levere examines the dynamic rise of chemistry from the study of alchemy in the seventeenth century to the development of organic and inorganic chemistry in the age of government-funded research and corporate giants. In the past…

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List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 8/3/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English




First Steps: From Alchemy to Chemistry?



Robert Boyle: Chemistry and Experiment



A German Story: What Burns, and How



An Enlightened Discipline: Chemistry as Science and Craft



Different Kinds of Air



Theory and Practice: The Tools of Revolution



Atoms and Elements



The Rise of Organic Chemistry



Atomic Weights Revisited



The Birth of the Teaching-Research Laboratory



Atoms in Space



Physical Chemistry



The Nature of the Chemical Bond



Conclusion: Where Now, and Where Next? New Frontiers