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Crucibles : The Story of Chemistry from Ancient Alchemy to Nuclear Fission by Bernard Jaffe (1976, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100486233421

ISBN-139780486233420

eBay Product ID (ePID)530085

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Edition4

Book TitleCrucibles : the Story of Chemistry from Ancient Alchemy to Nuclear Fission

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1976

TopicHistory, Physics / Atomic & Molecular, Chemistry / General, Science & Technology

IllustratorYes

GenreScience, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorBernard Jaffe

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN75-038070

Dewey Decimal540.9

Edition DescriptionReprint,New Edition

Table Of ContentI. BERNARD TREVISAN II. THEOPHRASTUS PARACELUS III. JOHN JOACHIM BECHER IV. JOSEPH PRIESTLEY V. HENRY CAVENDISH VI. ANTOINE LAURENT LAVOISIER VII. JOHN DALTON VIII. JOHN JACOB BERZELIUS IX. AMEDEO AVOGADRO X. FRIEDRICH WOEHLER XI. DMITRI IVANOVITCH MENDELÉEFF XII. SVANTE ARRHENIUS XIII. MARIE SKLODOWSKA CURIE XIV. JOSEPH JOHN THOMSON AND ERNEST RUTHERFORD

SynopsisThis book is a classic in the field of popular science. Standard reading since the 1930s, it is one of the few historeis of chemistry to concentrate on the lives of the great chemists. Through these dramatic and human stories, it gives an authoritative and entertaining account of the great discoveries and advances in this scientific field. After many printings in three previous editions, this book has been newly revised by the author for this fourth edition. Beginning with Trevisan and his lifelong search for the "philosopher's stone," the author narrates the lives and discoveries of such towering figures as Paracelsus and his chemical treatment of disease; Priestley looking for phlogiston and finding oxygen and carbon dioxide, Lavoisier creating a new language of chemistry; Dalton and his Atomic Theory; Avogadro and the idea of molecules, Mendeleeff arranging the table of elements under his Periodic Law; the Curies isolating radium; Thomson discovering the electron; Moseley and his Law of Atomic Numbers; Lawrence and the construction of the cyclotron; and more. Probably the most dramatic chapter in the book, the account of the development of nuclear fission, ends the story of chemistry at its most monumental achievement. A final chapter discusses some of the consequences of nuclear fission, the discovery of nuclear fusion, and the recent work with subatomic particles. Bernard Jaffe is the author of many other science books and several science textbooks. Upon the original publication of this book, Mr. Jaffe received the Francis Bacon Award for the Humanizing of Knowledge. The American Chemical Society's History of Chemistry Division honored him in 1973 with its Dexter Award for "distinguished achievement in the history of chemistry.", Classic popular account of the great chemists Trevisan, Paracelsus, Avogadro, Mendeléeff, the Curies, Thomson, Lavoisier, and others, up to A-bomb research and recent work with subatomic particles. 20 illustrations., Classic popular account of great chemists Trevisan, Paracelsus, Avogadro, Mendeleeff, Curie, Thomson,Lavoisier, up to A-bomb research and recent work with subatomic particles. The Chicago Daily Tribune declared, "The saga is exciting and Mr. Jaffe has told it with distinction." 20 illustrations., Classic popular account of the great chemists Trevisan, Paracelsus, Avogadro, MendelÉeff, the Curies, Thomson, Lawrence, and others, up to A-bomb research and recent work with subatomic particles. 20 illustrations.

LC Classification NumberQD21.J3 19