The Historical Background of ChemistryCourier Corporation, 1 gen 1971 - 260 pagine Reviews the early development of chemistry in terms of the thoughts and ideas of theorists and practictioners. Bibliogs. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
EARLY PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY | 5 |
SCIENTIFIC IDEAS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD | 12 |
GREEK SCIENCE | 16 |
HELLENISTIC CULTURE AND THE RISE OF ALCHEMY | 32 |
CHINESE ALCHEMY | 53 |
ARABIC ALCHEMY | 62 |
THE TRANSMISSION OF CHEMISTRY TO THE WEST | 74 |
THE SPREAD OF ATOMISTIC THEORIES | 110 |
PHLOGISTON AND AFFINITY | 119 |
THE CHEMISTRY OF GASES | 130 |
LAVOISIER AND THE FOUNDATION OF MODERN CHEMISTRY | 138 |
THE LAWS OF ATOMIC COMBINATION | 150 |
ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL AFFINITY | 164 |
THE RADICAL | 172 |
THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMISTRY AS A PROFESSION | 213 |
THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES | 84 |
THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY A PERIOD OF TECHNICAL CHEMISTRY | 91 |
ΧΙ CHEMICAL PRACTICE AND THEORY IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 101 |
RADIOACTIVITY AND ATOMIC STRUCTURE | 220 |
BIOCHEMISTRY | 230 |
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