The Chemical Tree: A History of ChemistryW. W. Norton & Company, 2000 - 744 pagine 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. |
Sommario
On the Nature of the Universe | 1 |
The Sceptical Chymist | 41 |
Elements of Chemistry | 87 |
A New System of Chemical Philosophy | 128 |
Instructions for the Analysis | 173 |
Chemical Method | 210 |
On the Constitution | 241 |
Chemistry Applied to Arts and Manufactures | 270 |
How to Teach Chemistry | 396 |
The Chemical News | 436 |
The Nature of the Chemical Bond | 462 |
Structure and Mechanism | 506 |
The Renaissance of Inorganic Chemistry | 570 |
At the Sign of the Hexagon | 619 |
EPILOGUE | 663 |
NOTES | 669 |
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