Transforming Matter : A History of Chemistry from Alchemy to the Buckyball.
Levere, Trevor H.
Transforming Matter : A History of Chemistry from Alchemy to the Buckyball. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (228 pages) - Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science Series . - Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 First Steps -- 2 Robert Boyle -- 3 A German Story -- 4 An Enlightened Discipline -- 5 Different Kinds of Air -- 6 Theory and Practice -- 7 Atoms and Elements -- 8 The Rise of Organic Chemistry -- 9 Atomic Weights Revisited -- 10 The Birth of the Teaching-Research Laboratory -- 11 Atoms in Space -- 12 Physical Chemistry -- 13 The Nature of the Chemical Bond -- 14 Where Now, and Where Next? New Frontiers -- Suggested Further Reading -- Index.
Transforming Matter provides an accessible and clearly written introduction to the history of chemistry, telling the story of how the discipline has developed over the years.
9780801873638
Electronic books.
QD11.L45 2001
540/.9
Transforming Matter : A History of Chemistry from Alchemy to the Buckyball. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (228 pages) - Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science Series . - Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 First Steps -- 2 Robert Boyle -- 3 A German Story -- 4 An Enlightened Discipline -- 5 Different Kinds of Air -- 6 Theory and Practice -- 7 Atoms and Elements -- 8 The Rise of Organic Chemistry -- 9 Atomic Weights Revisited -- 10 The Birth of the Teaching-Research Laboratory -- 11 Atoms in Space -- 12 Physical Chemistry -- 13 The Nature of the Chemical Bond -- 14 Where Now, and Where Next? New Frontiers -- Suggested Further Reading -- Index.
Transforming Matter provides an accessible and clearly written introduction to the history of chemistry, telling the story of how the discipline has developed over the years.
9780801873638
Electronic books.
QD11.L45 2001
540/.9