A concise history of chemistry

By Thomas Percy Hilditch

Book Overview

Chemistry did not arrive fully formed. It was assembled, disputed, and tested in fire and glassware. Ideas change; substances stay stubborn. In A Concise History of Chemistry, T. P. Hilditch maps the long route from alchemy to chemistry with brisk clarity, tracing the chemical revolution history that reshaped laboratories and industry alike. Along the way it evokes the roots of the subject - pigments, metals, medicines - and the standardising of symbols and analysis that made chemistry a shared language. As a complete chemistry history text, it follows the development of chemical theory through experiments, instruments, and names that still shape how we speak about matter, from early notions of elements to the periodic table history. Hilditch keeps one eye on nineteenth century chemistry and another on the origins of modern chemistry, showing how measurement, gases, and atomic ideas gradually replaced speculation. Read as a chemistry history textbook or a chemistry history study aid, it rewards the curious reader while supporting a history of science course with a coherent, readable line of progress. First published in the early twentieth century, this public domain science classic captures how an early 1900s science book understood science's heritage at a pivotal moment, close enough to the breakthroughs to feel their urgency, yet far enough to judge their consequences. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353609054
• ISBN13: 9789353609054
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"