Creations of fire : chemistry's lively history from alchemy to the atomic age /
More than any other science, the history of chemistry is intimately linked to human history. Chemical technology has fostered the development of civilizations, altered the course of wars, generated the industrial revolution, and created the petroleum and plastics that fuel and shape our modern world...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Plenum Press,
[1995]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | More than any other science, the history of chemistry is intimately linked to human history. Chemical technology has fostered the development of civilizations, altered the course of wars, generated the industrial revolution, and created the petroleum and plastics that fuel and shape our modern world. In this fascinating and significant book Cathy Cobb and Harold Goldwhite, two respected scientists and writers, have teamed up to present a wonderfully rich story of chemistry - celebrating not only theories and breakthroughs, but the provocative times and personalities that shaped this amazing science and brought it to life. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 475 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-451) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781489927705 (electronic bk.) 1489927700 (electronic bk.) |