The Chemical Tree: A History of Chemistry

by William H. Brock

Book Overview

In this authoritative volume, a New York Times Notable Book of 1993, scientific researcher and historian William Brock recounts the astonishing rise of a sophisticated science. Tracing the roots of chemistry back to the alchemists' futile attempts to turn lead into gold, he follows the emergence of the modern study of chemistry through the works of Boyle, Lavoisier, and Dalton, and the twentieth-century breakthroughs of Linus Pauling and others. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393320685
• ISBN13: 9780393320688
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 784 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Very good history book

In short:This is the most engaging book of history of chemistry that I have ever read. It is technical sometimes, but if you have a good high school chemistry it will be OK.