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Salzberg, Hugh W.

From caveman to chemist circumstances and achievements by Hugh W. Salzberg. - Washington, DC American Chemical Society 1991. - xix, 294 p. ill. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-269) and index.

Ancient technology : the roots of chemistry -- Hellenic chemical science -- The Hellenistic and Roman eras : the rise of alchemy -- Islamic alchemy -- Medieval and Renaissance European artisans -- Medieval and Renaissance alchemists and natural philosophers -- Medieval and Renaissance medicine and medical alchemy -- The information explosion -- Changing the frame of reference : the undermining of the scientific establishment -- The first chemists : Sala, Van Helmont, Boyle -- Phlogiston : the last of the old theories -- Lavoisier and the chemical revolution -- Atomic weights and molecular formulas -- Atomic arrangements : organic chemistry -- The divisible atom.

ISBN: 0841217866 (cloth : alk. paper) 0841217874 (paper : alk. paper)

LCCN: 90044612

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Chemistry--History.

LC Class. No.: QD11 / .S23 1990

Dewey Class. No.: 540/.9

National Agricultural Library Call No.: QD11.S23 / 1991