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Transforming matter : a history of chemistry from alchemy to the buckyball / Trevor H. Levere.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levere, Trevor Harvey.
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of science.
- Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of science
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemistry--History.
- Chemistry.
- Alchemy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-7363-0
- OCLC:
- 923191217
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