Author: Hugh W. Salzberg Publisher: ISBN: Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 322
Book Description
Tracing the oddities of the history of chemistry. Salzberg examines cultural and political influences on the ideas of chemists. He follows the evolution of chemistry from the Stone Age beginnings of ceramics and metallurgy, through the rise and decline of alchemy, to the culmination of classical chemistry in the late nineteenth century. Chapters one through nine lead from prehistoric technology, through ancient and medieval science to the study of chemicals and reactions that resulted in the sixteenth century birth of scientific chemistry. Chapters ten through fifteen focus on key chemists such as Sala, Boyle, Black, Lavoisier, Dalton, Berzelius, Laurent, and Arrhenius as they developed the ideas that led to classical chemistry and the concepts of molecules, chemical reactions, homology, valence, and molecular formulas and structures, among others. Twenty illustrations enhance the text. Also included are six timelines and two maps to help readers understand the influences of early history on chemistry.
Author: Kevin M. Dunn Publisher: Universal-Publishers ISBN: 9781581125665 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 432
Book Description
Half a million years ago our ancestors learned to make fire from scratch. They crafted intricate tools from stone and brewed mind-altering elixirs from honey. Their descendants transformed clay into pottery, wool into clothing, and ashes into cleansers. In ceramic crucibles they won metal from rock, the metals lead to colored glazes and glass. Buildings of brick and mortar enshrined books of parchment and paper. Kings and queens demanded ever more colorful clothing and accessories in order to out-class clod-hoppers and call-girls. Kingdoms rose and fell by the power of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal. And the demands of everyday folk for glass and paper and soap stimulated the first round of chemical industrialization. From sulfuric acid to sodium carbonate. From aniline dyes to analgesic drugs. From blasting powder to fertilizers and plastics. In a phrase, From Caveman to Chemist. Your guides on this journey are the four alchemical elements; Fire, Earth, Air and Water. These archetypical characters deliver first-hand accounts of the births of their respective technologies. The spirit of Fire, for example, was born in the first creature to cultivate the flame. This spirit passed from one person to another, from one generation to another, from one millennium to another, arriving at last in the pages of this book. The spirit of Earth taught folks to make tools of stone, the spirit of Air imparted knowledge of units and the spirit of Water began with the invention of spirits. Having traveled the world from age to age, who can say where they will find their next home? Perhaps they will find one in you.
Author: Leonard A. Ford Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486136736 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 144
Book Description
Classic guide provides intriguing entertainment while elucidating sound scientific principles, with more than 100 unusual stunts: cold fire, dust explosions, a nylon rope trick, a disappearing beaker, much more.
Author: Kevin M. Dunn Publisher: Clavicula Press ISBN: 1935652095 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 432
Book Description
"Scientific Soapmaking" bridges the gap between the technical and craft literature. It explains the chemistry of fats, oils, and soaps, and teaches sophisticated analytical techniques that can be carried out using equipment and materials familiar to makers of handcrafted soap.
Author: Valerie Doty Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1329544056 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 271
Book Description
"This book is much more than a cookbook. True to its title, the author explains a lot of the essential chemistry of cooking: not just "what" ingredients to add, but "why" those ingredients make a difference." -- Back cover.
Author: David A. Howard Publisher: Desert Publications ISBN: 9780879470593 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 59
Book Description
The survival chemist brings survivalists important information on building and maintaining shelters, leather preservation, the making of explosives such as Dynamite, blasting and percussion powders, gunpowder, nitroglycerin and fuses. Other chapters cover water purification, survival foods, meat preservation, brewing your own beer and liquor, making poison gas, protecting against radiation, the use of drugs, and precious metals testing. 5.5 x 8.5, 59 pages, illus., & softcover.
Author: Dorothy Warren Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry ISBN: 9780854043804 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 86
Book Description
This book focuses on strategies for teaching about people in chemistry and is an introduction to some chemists who played a role in the development of major ideas in the subject. (Midwest).
Author: Dean Miller Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC ISBN: 162712554X Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 162
Book Description
In this book, a breakdown of the life and work of some of history's pioneers in the study of chemistry are thoroughly explored. This biographical view provides excellent sketches for trailblazers in the area of chemistry. Articles are devoted to specific scientists, covering their contributions to their field, specifically addressing how their research, discoveries, and inventions impacted human understanding and experience. Most importantly, this book provides a chapter specifically devoted to the top scientific contributors of the 21st century, bringing readers current with both timely events and successes that have moved human kind forward.
Author: Victor J. Stenger Publisher: Prometheus Books ISBN: 1616145994 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 412
Book Description
Looking at both historical and contemporary contexts, the author argues that religion has played a major role in suppressing scientific pursuit.
Author: James K. Laylin Publisher: Chemical Heritage Foundation ISBN: 9780841226906 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 820
Book Description
Through new perspectives from a mix of original monographs, biographies, autobiographical memoirs, edited collections of essays and documentary sources, translations, classic reprints, and pictorial volumes, this series will document the individuals, ideas, institutions, and innovations that have created the modern chemcial sciences.
Author: Hugh W. Salzberg
Author: Kevin M. Dunn
Author: Leonard A. Ford
Author: Kevin M. Dunn
Author: Valerie Doty
Author: David A. Howard
Author: Dorothy Warren
Author: Dean Miller
Author: Victor J. Stenger
Author: James K. Laylin