
The Chemical Tree
A History of Chemistry
W. W. Norton & Company (Publisher)
Published on 1. June 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
784 pages
978-0-393-32068-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this authoritative volume, a New York Times Notable Book of 1993, scientific researcher and historian William Brock recounts the astonishing rise of a sophisticated science. Tracing the roots of chemistry back to the alchemists' futile attempts to turn lead into gold, he follows the emergence of the modern study of chemistry through the works of Boyle, Lavoisier, and Dalton, and the twentieth-century breakthroughs of Linus Pauling and others. This timely, comprehensive history examines the shifting conceptions of chemistry over the past centuries--from its development as a scientific philosophy to, more recently, its practical applications in the commercial, industrial arena. Originally published under the title The Norton History of Chemistry.
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Language
English
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 46 mm
Weight
1250 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-32068-8 (9780393320688)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
William H. Brock is Reader in the History of Science at the University of Leicester.