The Elements: A Very Short Introduction

The Elements: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Philip Ball
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2004-04-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0192840991

This Very Short Introduction is an exciting and non-traditional approach to understanding the terminology, properties, and classification of chemical elements. It traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind from ancient times through today. Packed with anecdotes, The Elements is a highly engaging and entertaining exploration of the fundamental question: what is the world made from?

Lavoisier in the Year One

Lavoisier in the Year One
Author: Madison Smartt Bell
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780393051551

Antoine Lavoisier-who lived at the zenith of the Enlightenment and died at the hands of the Revolution-was himself a revolutionary.

Antoine Lavoisier

Antoine Lavoisier
Author: Arthur Donovan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1996-04-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521566728

Comprehensive account illuminating Lavoisier's role in the rise of modern chemistry and the French Revolution.

A Short History of Chemistry

A Short History of Chemistry
Author: James Riddick Partington
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 450
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486659771

This classic exposition explores the origins of chemistry, alchemy, early medical chemistry, nature of atmosphere, theory of valency, laws and structure of atomic theory, and much more.

Nature

Nature
Author: Sir Norman Lockyer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 700
Release: 1872
Genre: Electronic journals
ISBN: