Prometheans in the Lab Chemistry and the Making of the Modern World

Name: Prometheans in the Lab Chemistry and the Making of the Modern World
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ISBN: 9780071350075

ISBN-10: 0071350071

ISBN-13: 9780071350075

Edition: 2001

Authors: Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

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Sharon Bertsch McGrayne tells the history of the chemical revolution through the lives of the men who created it. The text looks at the upside of each pivotal discovery and the effects they wrought on the environment and public health.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade
Publication date: 7/25/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Prelude


Acknowledgments


Soap and Nicolas Leblanc (December 6, 1742-January 16, 1806)


Color and William Henry Perkin (March 12, 1838-July 14, 1907)


Sugar and Norbert Rillieux (March 17, 1806-October 8, 1894)


Clean Water and Edward Frankland (February 20, 1825-August 9, 1899)


Fertilizer, Poison Gas, and Fritz Haber (December 9, 1868-January 29, 1934)


Leaded Gasoline, Safe Refrigeration, and Thomas Midgley, Jr. (May 18, 1889-November 2, 1944)


Nylon and Wallace Hume Carothers (April 27, 1896-April 29, 1937)


DDT and Paul Hermann Muller (January 12, 1899-October 13, 1965)


Lead-Free Gasoline and Clair C. Patterson (June 2, 1922-December 5, 1995)


Postlude


Annotated Bibliography


Index