It deals more with nuclear chemistry(Physics) but I enjoyed Segre’s “From X-rays to Quarks”. Also The Art of Chemistry: Myths, Medicines, and Materials by Arthur Greenberg . the link may take you to a list of chem. history texts in list mania on Amazon.
David L. Yates,NRCC-CHO
Lab Coordinator/CHO
Park University
david.yates**At_Symbol_Here**park.edu
816-584-6515
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On Behalf Of Sheila Kennedy
Sent: Thursday, November
12, 2009
6:34 PM
To:
DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L]
Any Good
Chem History Books?
Barbara:
I sent your note on to our Chemistry Librarian. Her answer:
If she has access to a university
library
catalog, doing subject searches on chemistry—history
or alchemy—history
will
bring up more titles that focus on the history of chemistry as a
science. Here
are just a few titles I found:
Cathedrals of science : the
personalities
and rivalries that made modern chemistry / Patrick
Coffey
From alchemy to chemistry in picture
and
story / Arthur Greenberg
(according
to one
review, Greenberg based this book on 2 prior works: 1) The art of
chemistry :
myths, medicines, and materials and 2) A chemical history tour:
picturing
chemistry from alchemy to modern molecular
science
The last sorcerers: the path
from
alchemy to the periodic table / Richard
Morris
Transforming matter: a history
of
chemistry from alchemy to the buckyball / Trevor H.
Levere
The chemical tree: a history of
chemistry / William H. Brock
Creations of fire: chemistry's
lively
history from alchemy to the atomic age / Cathy Cobb and Harold
Goldwhite
One well-known author is Philip
Ball
·
Stories of
the
invisible : a guided tour of molecules
·
The
ingredients : a
guided tour of the elements
·
Elegant
solutions :
ten beautiful experiments in chemistry
--
Sheila M. Kennedy,
CHO
Safety
Coordinator
Chemistry & Biochemistry Teaching
Laboratories
University of California, San
Diego
(858) 534-0221
Barbara Gore wrote:
Hi,
I'm a community college chemistry instructor and I don't know any history of chemistry. I'm trying to remedy that.
Does anyone know of good, interesting chemistry history books or references? Also, any good resources for history of chemists that might be interesting and/or have interesting anecdotes?
Barb Gore
Barbara Gore
Assistant Professor of ChemistryWaubonsee Community College
Waubonsee Drive at Rt. 47
Sugar Grove, IL 60554-9454
bgore**At_Symbol_Here**waubonsee.edu
Phone: (630) 466-2454
FAX: (630) 466-2441
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