UID:
edocfu_9959235669802883
Format:
1 online resource (232 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8018-7363-0
Series Statement:
Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of science
Content:
Transforming Matter provides an accessible and clearly written introduction to the history of chemistry, telling the story of how the discipline has developed over the years.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 First Steps; 2 Robert Boyle; 3 A German Story; 4 An Enlightened Discipline; 5 Different Kinds of Air; 6 Theory and Practice; 7 Atoms and Elements; 8 The Rise of Organic Chemistry; 9 Atomic Weights Revisited; 10 The Birth of the Teaching-Research Laboratory; 11 Atoms in Space; 12 Physical Chemistry; 13 The Nature of the Chemical Bond; 14 Where Now, and Where Next? New Frontiers; Suggested Further Reading; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8018-6610-3
Language:
English
