http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
a celebration of the humanity of chemistry
1 online resource (xiii, 230 pages) : illustrations, portraits (some color)
Introduction : the humanity of chemistry -- "Robert Bnsen's sweet tooth Bunseniana in the Oesper collections" -- Who was the real Joseph Black? -- The quaker rustic as natural philosopher : John Dalton and his social context -- The chemistry of Lucrezia Borgia, et al -- Sir William Crookes (1832-1919) -- It's a gas! Sir Humphry Davy and his pneumatic investigations -- Historical chemists in fiction -- Yegor Yegorovich Vagner (1849-1903) a "wondrously sharpwitted" chemist -- Martian chemists and characters -- George Rosenkranz : a full-range "chemical character" -- Paul John Flory : physical chemist and humanitari.
Gary D. Patterson, editor, Seth C. Rasmussen, editor ; sponsored by the ACS Division of History of Chemistry.
Includes bibliographical references and index.