Chemistry / overview by Keith B. Hutton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hutton, Keith B.

Series:

Hutchinson trends in science.

Hutchinson trends in science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemistry--Dictionaries.

Chemistry.

Chemistry--Computer network resources.

Chemistry--History--20th century.

Chemists--Biography.

Chemists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Helicon, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Overview of the development of chemistry in the 20th century.

Contents:

"" Hutchinson Trends in Science: Chemistry""; ""Preface""; "" Table of contents""; "" Overview: chemistry in the 20th century""; ""introduction chemistry at the start of the 20th century""; ""the atom physicists lend a hand""; ""the periodic table the last pieces of the puzzle come together""; ""synthesis the rise of organic chemistry""; ""biochemistry the chemistry of life""; ""the petrochemical industry the next revolution""; ""plastics the new materials""; ""the chemistry of death the chemist at war""; ""Silent Spring the price of success""

""DNA - the chemical of identity""""the future - 'a brave new world'""; "" Chronology""; "" Biographical sketches""; ""Alder, Kurt (1902-1958)""; ""Baekeland, Leo Hendrik (1863-1944)""; ""Bergius, Friedrich Karl Rudolf (1884-1949)""; ""Bosch, Carl (1874-1940)""; ""Brensted, Johannes Nicolaus (1879-1947)""; ""Burton, William Merriam (1865-1954)""; ""Butenandt, Adolf Friedrich Johann (1903-1995)""; ""Carothers, Wallace Hume (1896-1937)""; ""Corey, Elias James (1928-)""; ""Cornforth, John Warcup (1917-)""; ""Cram, Donald James (1919-2001)""

""Crutzen, Paul (1933-)""""Curie, Marie (1867-1934)""; ""born Maria Sklodowska""; ""Dam, Carl Peter Henrik (1895-1976)""; ""Diels, Otto Paul Hermann (1876-1954)""; ""Domagk, Gerhard (1895-1964)""; ""Fischer, Hans (1881-1945)""; ""Franklin, Rosalind Elsie (1920-1958)""; ""Funk, Casimir (1884-1967)""; ""Gilman, Henry (1893-1986)""; ""Grignard, (FranÃois Auguste) Victor (1871-1935)""; ""Haber, Fritz (1868-1934)""; ""Hevesy, Georg Karl von (1885-1966)""; ""Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot (1910-1994)""; ""penicillin""; ""vitamin B12""; ""insulin""; ""honours""

""Houdry, Eugene Jules (1892-1962)""""Kendall, Edward Calvin (1886-1972)""; ""Kroto, Harold W(alter) (1939-)""; ""Kuhn, Richard (1900-1967)""; ""Lehn, Jean-Marie (1939-)""; ""Lipmann, Fritz Albert (1899-1986)""; ""Molina, Mario (1943-)""; ""Meller, Paul Hermann (1899-1965)""; ""Northrop, John Howard (1891-1987)""; ""Pauling, Linus Carl (1901-1994)""; ""work""; ""life""; ""Pedersen, Charles (1904-1990)""; ""Perey, Marguerite (Catherine) (1909-1975)""; ""Perutz, Max Ferdinand (1914-2002)""; ""Plunkett, Roy J (1910-1994)""

""Porter, Rodney Robert (1917-1985)""""Prelog, Vladimir (1906-1998)""; ""Rowland, F Sherwood (1927-)""; ""Sabatier, Paul (1854-1941)""; ""Sanger, Frederick (1918-)""; ""Seaborg, Glenn Theodore (1912-1999)""; ""Soddy, Frederick (1877-1956)""; ""Staudinger, Hermann (1881-1965)""; ""Sumner, James (Batcheller) (1887-1955)""; ""Svedberg, Theodor (1884-1971)""; ""Synge, Richard Laurence Millington (1914-1994)""; ""life""; ""paper chromatography""; ""Szent-Gyrgyi, Albert von Nagyrapolt (1893-1986)""; ""Tiselius, Arne Wilhelm Kaurin (1902-1971)""

""Urey, Harold Clayton (1893-1981)""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-75951-8

9786610759514

OCLC:

560195467