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• catalog abstract ""Chemistry explores the way atoms interact, the constitution of the stars, and the human genome. Knowledge of chemistry makes it possible for us to manufacture dyes and antibiotics, metallic alloys, and other materials that contribute to the necessities and luxuries of human life. In Transforming Matter, noted historian Trevor H. Levere emphasizes that understanding the history of these developments helps us to appreciate the achievements of generations of chemists. Levere examines the dynamic rise of chemistry from the study of alchemy in the seventeenth century to the development of organic and inorganic chemistry in the age of government-funded research and corporate giants. In the past two centuries, he points out, the number of known elements has quadrupled. And because of synthesis, chemistry has increasingly become a science that creates much of what it studies. Throughout the book, Levere follows a number of recurring themes: theories about the elements, the need for classification, the status of chemical science, and the relationship between practice and theory. He illustrates these themes by concentrating on some of chemistry's most influential and innovative practitioners. Transforming Matter provides an accessible and clearly written introduction to the history of chemistry, telling the story of how the discipline has developed over the years"--Publisher description.".
• catalog contributor b12181778.
• catalog created "c2001.".
• catalog date "2001".
• catalog date "c2001.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
• catalog description ""Chemistry explores the way atoms interact, the constitution of the stars, and the human genome. Knowledge of chemistry makes it possible for us to manufacture dyes and antibiotics, metallic alloys, and other materials that contribute to the necessities and luxuries of human life. In Transforming Matter, noted historian Trevor H. Levere emphasizes that understanding the history of these developments helps us to appreciate the achievements of generations of chemists. Levere examines the dynamic rise of chemistry from the study of alchemy in the seventeenth century to the development of organic and inorganic chemistry in the age of government-funded research and corporate giants. In the past two centuries, he points out, the number of known elements has quadrupled. And because of synthesis, chemistry has increasingly become a science that creates much of what it studies. Throughout the book, Levere follows a number of recurring themes: theories about the elements, the need for classification, the status of chemical science, and the relationship between practice and theory. He illustrates these themes by concentrating on some of chemistry's most influential and innovative practitioners. Transforming Matter provides an accessible and clearly written introduction to the history of chemistry, telling the story of how the discipline has developed over the years"--Publisher description.".
• catalog description "First steps: from alchemy to chemistry? -- Robert Boyle: chemistry and experiment -- A German story: what burns, and how -- An enlightened discipline: chemistry as science and craft -- Different kinds of air -- Theory and practice: the tools of revolution -- Atoms and elements -- The rise of organic chemistry -- Atomic weights revisited -- The birth of the teaching-research laboratory -- Atoms in space -- Physical chemistry: a discipline comes of age -- The nature of the chemical bond -- Where now, and where next? new frontiers -- Suggested further reading.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-208) and index.".
• catalog extent "x, 215 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Transforming matter.".
• catalog identifier "080186609X".
• catalog identifier "0801866103 (pbk.)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Transforming matter.".
• catalog isPartOf "Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of science".
• catalog issued "2001".
• catalog issued "c2001.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
• catalog relation "Transforming matter.".
• catalog subject "2008 I-642".
• catalog subject "540/.9 21".
• catalog subject "Alchemy.".
• catalog subject "Chemistry History.".
• catalog subject "History, Modern 1601-".
• catalog subject "QD 11 L661t 2001".
• catalog subject "QD11 .L45 2001".
• catalog tableOfContents "First steps: from alchemy to chemistry? -- Robert Boyle: chemistry and experiment -- A German story: what burns, and how -- An enlightened discipline: chemistry as science and craft -- Different kinds of air -- Theory and practice: the tools of revolution -- Atoms and elements -- The rise of organic chemistry -- Atomic weights revisited -- The birth of the teaching-research laboratory -- Atoms in space -- Physical chemistry: a discipline comes of age -- The nature of the chemical bond -- Where now, and where next? new frontiers -- Suggested further reading.".
• catalog title "Transforming matter : a history of chemistry from alchemy to the buckyball / Trevor H. Levere.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".