TY  - BOOK
AU  - Salzberg,Hugh W.
TI  - From caveman to chemist: circumstances and achievements
SN  - 0841217866 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - QD11 .S23 1990
U1  - 540/.9 20
PY  - 1991///
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - American Chemical Society
KW  - Chemistry
KW  - History
KW  - Local
N1  - 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
ER  -