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Brock, W. H. (William Hodson)

The chemical tree : a history of chemistry / William H. Brock.

New York : Norton, 2000.

xxvii, 744 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Tracing the roots of the science back to the alchemists' futile attempts to turn lead into gold, Brock (history of science, U. of Leicester) follows its emergence through the works of Boyle, Lavoisier, and Dalton and the 20th-century breakthroughs of Linus Pauling and others. He examines the shifting conceptions from the early scientific philosophy to recent applications in commerce and industry.

Norton history of science

Norton history of science.

Chemistry -- History.

Norton history of chemistry

Originally published: The Norton history of chemistry. 1st American ed. New York : W.W. Norton, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

On the nature of the universe and the Hermetic Museum -- The sceptical chymist -- Elements of chemistry -- A new system of chemical philosophy -- Instructions for the analysis of organic bodies -- Chemical method -- On the constitution and metamorphoses of chemical compounds -- Chemistry applied to arts and manufactures -- Principles of chemistry -- On the dissociation of substances dissolved in water -- How to teach chemistry -- The chemical news --The nature of the chemical bond -- Structure and mechanism in organic chemistry -- The renaissance of inorganic chemistry -- At the sign of the hexagon.

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