The History of Chemistry

ISBN-13: 9781468464436 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 286 str.

John Hudson

Opis

This book is written as a result of a personal conviction of the value of incorporating historical material into the teaching of chemistry, both at school and undergraduate level.

Spis treści

1 Early Processes and Theories.- 2 Alchemy.- 3 From Alchemy to Chemistry.- 4 Phlogistic and Pneumatic Chemistry.- 5 Lavoisier and the Birth of Modern Chemistry.- 6 The Chemical Atom.- 7 Electrochemistry and the Dualistic Theory.- 8 The Foundation of Organic Chemistry.- 9 The Karlsruhe Congress and its Aftermath.- 10 Organic Chemistry since 1860.- 11 Atomic Structure, Radiochemistry and Chemical Bonding.- 12 Inorganic Chemistry.- 13 Physical Chemistry.- 14 Analytical Chemistry.- 15 Chemistry and Society.- Appendix The Nobel Prize in Chemistry.- Name Index.