Cathy Cobb, Harold Goldwhite

Creations of Fire

Chemistry's Lively History from Alchemy to the Atomic Age

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Produktbeschreibung

In this fascinating history, Cathy Cobb and Harold Goldwhite celebrate not only chemistry's theories and breakthroughs but also the provocative times and personalities that shaped this amazing science and brought it to life. Throughout the book, the reader will meet the hedonists and swindlers, monks and heretics, and men and women laboring in garages and over kitchen sinks who expanded our understanding of the elements and discovered such new substances as plastic, rubber, and aspirin. Creations of Fire expands our vision of the meaning of chemistry and reveals the oddballs and academics who have helped shape our world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Basic Books
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 693g
• ISBN-13: 9780738205946
• ISBN-10: 073820594X
• Artikelnr.: 22168819

Autorenporträt

Cathy Cobb, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Augusta College. Harold Goldwhite. Ph.D., is Professor of Chemistry at California State University, Los Angeles.

Inhaltsangabe

I.- 1. ca. 100,000-300 BCE: Prehistoric Chemist to Chemical Philosopher-The Seeds.- 2. ca. 300 BCE-600 CE: Alexandria and Alchemy.- 3. ca. 200 BCE-1000 CE: From Rome to Baghdad.- 4. ca. 1000-1200: Alchemy Translates from East to West.- 5. ca. 1300-1500: The Evolution of European Alchemy.- 6. ca. 1600: Philosophers of Fire.- 7. ca. 1700: The Search for System and Phlogiston.- II.- 8. ca. 1700: Révolution!.- 9. ca. 1800-1848: Après Le Déluge.- 10. ca. 1800-1848: The Professional Chemist.- 11. ca. 1848-1914: Thermodynamics-The Heat of the Matter.- 12. ca. 1830-1914: Organic Chemistry-Up from the Ooze.- 13. ca. 1848-1914: Inorganic Elements and Ions-New Earths and Airs.- 14. ca. 1848-1914: Analytical, Industrial, and Biochemistry-Creations of Coal.- III.- 15. ca. 1914-1950: Quantum Chemistry-The Belly of the Beast.- 16. ca. 1914-1950: Polymers and Proteins: Links in the Chain.- 17. ca. 1914-1950: New Materials and Methods-Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Grow.- 18. ca. 1914-1950: Chemical Kinetics-Boom or Bust.- 19. ca. 1914-1950: Radiochemistry-Dalton Dissected.- 20. The Best Is Yet To Come.- Endnotes.- Annotated Bibliography.