In this authoritative volume, a New York Times Notable Book of 1993, scientific researcher and historian William Brock recounts the astonishing rise of a sophisticated science. Tracing the roots of chemistry back to the alchemists' futile attempts to turn lead into gold, he follows the emergence of the modern study of chemistry through the works of Boyle, Lavoisier, and Dalton, and the twentieth-century breakthroughs of Linus Pauling and others. This timely, comprehensive history examines the shifting conceptions of chemistry over the past centuries--from its development as a scientific philosophy to, more recently, its practical applications in the commercial, industrial arena. Originally published under the title The Norton History of Chemistry.

Author: William H. Brock, W. H. Brock
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/01/2000
Series: Norton History of Science
Pages: 784
Weight: 2.55lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 2.10d
ISBN: 9780393320688


Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2000 pg. 55

About the Author
Brock, William H.: - William H. Brock is Reader in the History of Science at the University of Leicester.