The chemistry book : from gunpowder to graphene, 250 milestones in the history of chemistry / Derek B. Lowe.
Publisher: New York : Sterling, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 527 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781454911807
- 1454911808
- 540.9 23
- QD11 .L558 2016
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Includes bibliographic references (pages 514-524) and index.
"From atoms and fluorescent pigments to sulfa drug synthesis and buckyballs, this lush and authoritative chronology presents 250 milestones in the world of chemistry. As the "central science" that bridges biology and physics, chemistry plays an important role in countless medical and technological advances. Covering entertaining stories and unexpected applications, chemist and journalist Derek B. Lowe traces the most important--and surprising--chemical discoveries"-- Amazon.
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