Creations of Fire

Chemistry's Lively History from Alchemy to the Atomic Age

Cathy Cobb, Harold Goldwhite

476 pages, parution le 29/03/2002

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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.

Contents

Part I

1. ca. 100,000-300 BCE: Prehistoric Chemist to Chemical Philosopher--The Seeds 3
2. ca. 300 BCE-600 CE: Alexandria and Alchemy 27
3. ca. 200 BCE-1000 CE: From Rome to Baghdad 51
4. ca. 1000-1200: Alchemy Translates from East to West 69
5. ca. 1300-1500: The Evolution of European Alchemy 89
6. ca. 1600: Philosophers of Fire 107
7. ca. 1700: The Search for System and Phlogiston 127

Part II

8. ca. 1700: Revolution! 151
9. ca. 1800-1848: Apres Le Deluge 171
10. ca. 1800-1848: The Professional Chemist 185
11. ca. 1848-1914: Thermodynamics--The Heat of the Matter 213
12. ca. 1830-1914: Organic Chemistry--Up from the Ooze 235
13. ca. 1848-1914: Inorganic Elements and Ions--New Earths and Airs 257
14. ca. 1848-1914: Analytical, Industrial, and Biochemistry-- Creations of Coal 283

Part III

15. ca. 1914-1950: Quantum Chemistry-- The Belly of the Beast 309
16. ca. 1914-1950: Polymers and Proteins: Links in the Chain 337
17. ca. 1914-1950: New Materials and Methods--Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Grow 359
18. ca. 1914-1950: Chemical Kinetics--Boom or Bust 377
19. ca. 1914-1950: Radiochemistry--Dalton Dissected 391
20. The Best Is Yet To Come 415

Endnotes 431
Annotated Bibliography 449
Index

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Éditeur(s)	Perseus Publishing
Auteur(s)	Cathy Cobb, Harold Goldwhite
Parution	29/03/2002
Nb. de pages	476
Format	13,8 x 20,8
Couverture	Broché
Poids	555g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780738205946

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