An edition of Creations of Fire
(1995)
Creations of Fire
Chemistry’s Lively History from Alchemy to the Atomic Age
by Cathy Cobb
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Creations of Fire: Chemistry’s Lively History from Alchemy to the Atomic Age
1995
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I
1. ca. 100,000–300 BCE: Prehistoric Chemist to Chemical Philosopher—The Seeds
2. ca. 300 BCE–600 CE: Alexandria and Alchemy
3. ca. 200 BCE–1000 CE: From Rome to Baghdad
4. ca. 1000–1200: Alchemy Translates from East to West
5. ca. 1300–1500: The Evolution of European Alchemy
6. ca. 1600: Philosophers of Fire
7. ca. 1700: The Search for System and Phlogiston
II
8. ca. 1700: Révolution!
9. ca. 1800–1848: Après Le Déluge
10. ca. 1800–1848: The Professional Chemist
11. ca. 1848–1914: Thermodynamics—The Heat of the Matter
12. ca. 1830–1914: Organic Chemistry—Up from the Ooze
13. ca. 1848–1914: Inorganic Elements and Ions—New Earths and Airs
14. ca. 1848–1914: Analytical, Industrial, and Biochemistry—Creations of Coal
III
15. ca. 1914–1950: Quantum Chemistry—The Belly of the Beast
16. ca. 1914–1950: Polymers and Proteins: Links in the Chain
17. ca. 1914–1950: New Materials and Methods—Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Grow
18. ca. 1914–1950: Chemical Kinetics—Boom or Bust
19. ca. 1914–1950: Radiochemistry—Dalton Dissected
20. The Best Is Yet To Come
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