Creations Of Fire

Chemistry's Lively History From Alchemy To The Atomic Age

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By Cathy Cobb

By Harold Goldwhite

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In this fascinating history, Cathy Cobb and Harold Goldwhite celebrate not only chemistry’s theories and breakthroughs but also the provocative times and personalities that shaped this amazing science and brought it to life. Throughout the book, the reader will meet the hedonists and swindlers, monks and heretics, and men and women laboring in garages and over kitchen sinks who expanded our understanding of the elements and discovered such new substances as plastic, rubber, and aspirin. Creations of Fire expands our vision of the meaning of chemistry and reveals the oddballs and academics who have helped shape our world. Request Desk/Exam Copy

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On Sale
Dec 20, 2001
Page Count
496 pages
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-13
9780738205946

Cathy Cobb

About the Author

Cathy Cobb, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Augusta College.

Harold Goldwhite. Ph.D., is Professor of Chemistry at California State University, Los Angeles.

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