Levere, Trevor H. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801873638 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QD11.L45 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>540/.9