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The chemistry book : from gunpowder to graphene, 250 milestones in the history of chemistry / Derek B. Lowe.

By: Publisher: New York : Sterling, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 527 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781454911807
  • 1454911808
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 540.9 23
LOC classification:
  • QD11 .L558 2016
Summary: "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.

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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