The art of chemistry : myths, medicines, and materials /

The Art of chemistry employs 187 figures to illuminate 72 essays on the mythical origins, experiments, and adventurous explorers in the annals of chemistry. Each of the eight sections tracks chemistry's incremental progress from myth to modern science, featuring the figures and diagrams that ea...

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Main Author: Greenberg, Arthur
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, [2003]
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505 0 0 |t Spiritual and myphological roots --  |t Stills, cupels and weapons --  |t Medicines, purges and ointments --  |t Emerging science --  |t Two revolutions in France --  |t Young country and a young theory --  |t Specialization and systemization --  |t Some fun --  |t Epilogue. 
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650 0 |a Alchemy. 
650 0 |a Medicine  |x History. 
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650 2 2 |a Alchemy. 
650 2 2 |a History of Medicine. 
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