The history of chemistry /

The History of Chemistry describes the principal themes in the development of the subject from the earliest times to the present, and contains biographical sketches of the more important chemists. The first half of the book treats the subject chronologically up to the middle of the nineteenth centur...

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1. Verfasser: Hudson, John, 1943-
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Chapman & Hall, 1992.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1. Early Processes and Theories
  • 2. Alchemy
  • 3. From Alchemy to Chemistry
  • 4. Phlogistic and Pneumatic Chemistry
  • 5. Lavoisier and the Birth of Modern Chemistry
  • 6. The Chemical Atom
  • 7. Electrochemistry and the Dualistic Theory
  • 8. The Foundation of Organic Chemistry
  • 9. The Karlsruhe Congress and its Aftermath
  • 10. Organic Chemistry since 1860
  • 11. Atomic Structure, Radiochemistry and Chemical Bonding
  • 12. Inorganic Chemistry
  • 13. Physical Chemistry
  • 14. Analytical Chemistry
  • 15. Chemistry and Society
  • Appendix: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry.