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- catalog abstract "The Art of chemistry employs 187 figures to illuminate 72 essays on the mythical origins, experiments, and adventurous explorers in the annals of chemistry. Each of the eight sections tracks chemistry's incremental progress from myth to modern science, featuring the figures and diagrams that early chemists used to explain their craft. Readers will meet the deadly basilisk and the fabulous phoenix that populated the lore of pre-modern chemistry, learn the contributions to chemistry of Benjamin Franklin, and encounter Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry. Greenberg also examines our fundamental connections with science through two personal essays, one on an adolescent friend who became a world-renowned entomology professor and the other on his quest to discover his own chemical heritage.".
- catalog contributor b12678878.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Spiritual and mythological roots -- Stills, cupels and weapons -- Medicines, purges and ointments -- Emerging science -- Two revolutions in France -- Young country and a young theory -- Specialization and systemization -- Some fun -- Epilogue.".
- catalog description "The Art of chemistry employs 187 figures to illuminate 72 essays on the mythical origins, experiments, and adventurous explorers in the annals of chemistry. Each of the eight sections tracks chemistry's incremental progress from myth to modern science, featuring the figures and diagrams that early chemists used to explain their craft. Readers will meet the deadly basilisk and the fabulous phoenix that populated the lore of pre-modern chemistry, learn the contributions to chemistry of Benjamin Franklin, and encounter Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry. Greenberg also examines our fundamental connections with science through two personal essays, one on an adolescent friend who became a world-renowned entomology professor and the other on his quest to discover his own chemical heritage.".
- catalog extent "xix, 357 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Art of chemistry.".
- catalog identifier "0471071803 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Art of chemistry.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience,".
- catalog relation "Art of chemistry.".
- catalog subject "540/.9 21".
- catalog subject "Alchemy.".
- catalog subject "Chemistry History.".
- catalog subject "Chemistry history.".
- catalog subject "History of Medicine.".
- catalog subject "Medicine History.".
- catalog subject "QD 11 G798a 2003".
- catalog subject "QD11 .G735 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Spiritual and mythological roots -- Stills, cupels and weapons -- Medicines, purges and ointments -- Emerging science -- Two revolutions in France -- Young country and a young theory -- Specialization and systemization -- Some fun -- Epilogue.".
- catalog title "The art of chemistry : myths, medicines, and materials / Arthur Greenberg.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".