From:
"Yaeger, Mary Ann" <YaegerMa**At_Symbol_Here**wesley.edu>Date: November 6, 2009 1:34:15 PM EST
Subject: RE: [DCHAS-L] Any Good Chem History
Books?
Just this morning I was
looking at the above link found on the ACS website and found it
interesting.
MaryAnn
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Date: November 6, 2009
11:54:35 AM EST
Subject: RE: [DCHAS-L] Any
Good Chem History Books?
Barbara
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The Chemical Heritage
Foundation=92s Othmer Library has 100,000 books related to the history
of Chemistry! There is a lot of good information on their website
- www.chemheritage.org. The
topic is so extensive that you really need to narrow it down to a
chemical field, or to specific individuals. Here is the
Foundation=92s online access catalog URL: http://othmerlib.chemheritage.
org/. I hope you have fun with this. Russ Phifer
Russ
Phifer
WC Environmental,
LLC
1085C Andrew
Drive
West Chester, PA
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610-696-9220x12/ fax
610-344-7519
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Date: November 6, 2009 3:09:56 PM
EST
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Any
Good Chem History Books?
Barbara,
First, the Journal of
Chemical Education carries a more or less monthly feature article in
which the author answers historical-chemical questions.
second, there are several books, all excellent, all
probably out of print but try Amazon and your local librarian--the gal
or guy who takes pride in searching the out of print literature for that
particular library that still has a copy on its shelves.
The titles, etc.:
Discovery of the Elements by Mary Elvira Weeks,
Journal of Chemical Education, 5th edition, 1945
A History of Chemistry by F. J. Moore, Revised by
William T. Hall, McGraw-Hill, 2nd edition, 1931
A Short History of Chemistry by J. R. Partington,
Macmillan, 3rd edition, 1960
And not least, A History of
Chemistry by Ernst von Meyer, translated by George McGowan, Macmillan,
1906.
Happy
reading,
Jay Young
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Date: November 6, 2009 12:24:45 PM
EST
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Any
Good Chem History Books?
Hi
Barbara,
This will get you
started.
On the left side of the
screen is a menu. Click on History of
Chemistry
I have an Illustrated
History of Alchemy and Chemistry with a short
bibliography. Books to look at are those by E. J. Holmyard, Aaron
Ihde, Henry Leicester, J. R. Partington, and John Read. (Those are
the ones that got me started.) These are all general history of
chemistry books. John Maxon Stillman's The Story of Alchemy
and Early Chemistry has an extensive bibliography. If you can
locate a copy of Mary Weeks', Discovery of the Elements, that is a great
source of information about the elements. Ralph Oesper's The Human
Side of Scientists (this is out of print) has some great stories
about scientists. Also look for Flash of Genius by Alfred Garrett
(this is out of print) It tells the story of many chemical
discoveries.
There is lots more on my web
site including some historical information in PowerPoint format ready to
use for your classes.
If you have particular
individuals or discoveries you are looking for, search the Journal of
Chemical Education online. If you don't subscribe to the journal, start
your subscription ASAP - it gives you free access to the online
archives.
Go to the Invention and
Technology magazine web site. Lots of great stuff in their
archives, but you do have to browse past issues. I love this
magazine.
Search the Internet - Google
works well for this, but check several sources since information
occasionally varies. Wikipedia is partially trustworthy, but
check references.
Go to a national ACS
meeting. Visit the Division of History of Chemistry sessions and
meet some of us. We'll all take you under our
wings.
This should keep you busy
for a while.
Best regards,
David
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