Description
Tracing humanity’s centuries-long search to understand the substances that make up the world, this engaging history follows chemistry from ancient philosophy and medieval alchemy to the scientific breakthroughs of the modern age. At its center is Dmitri Mendeleyev, whose effort to organize the known elements led to the creation of the periodic table—a framework that transformed chemistry and revealed patterns hidden within nature. Along the way, the book explores the rivalries, discoveries, mysteries, and changing ideas that shaped the discipline, culminating in the age of atomic science. Erudite yet accessible, it presents the development of chemistry as both an intellectual adventure and a story of human imagination.
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paperback
Simon and Schuster
Published Jun 4, 2019
337 pages
ISBN: 9781643131689
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First Published
2000
Language
eng
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