Creations Of Fire
Chemistry's Lively History From Alchemy To The Atomic Age
Published on 27. April 2009
496 pages
978-0-7867-3109-1 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Edition type
Digital original
File size
4,20 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7867-3109-1 (9780786731091)
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Cathy Cobb | Harold Goldwhite
Creations of Fire
Chemistry's Lively History from Alchemy to the Atomic Age
Book
01/1995
Perseus Books
€53.49
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Persons
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.
Harold Goldwhite. Ph.D., is Professor of Chemistry at California State University, Los Angeles.
