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Transforming Matter : A History of Chemistry from Alchemy to the Buckyball.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science SeriesPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (228 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801873638
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Transforming MatterDDC classification:
  • 540/.9
LOC classification:
  • QD11.L45 2001
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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