Torchbearers of Chemistry

Torchbearers of Chemistry
Author: Henry Monmouth Smith
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2013-09-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1483223086

Torchbearers of Chemistry is a collection of portraits and brief biographies of scientists who have contributed to the making of modern chemistry. These men of science made knowledge more accurate, more extensive, and enormously deeper and certain than is recorded in any previous civilization of which any verifiable knowledge exists. This book illustrates the essential difference between various periods of civilizations concerning knowledge of chemistry. The following group of portraits originated from a small private collection which was placed on the walls of the Chemistry Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This book will prove useful to chemistry researchers, teachers, and students.

Chemistry at a Glance

Chemistry at a Glance
Author: Roger Owen
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2005-06-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1840765445

This book aims to cover the specifications of the main examination boards for GCSE Double Science, GCSE Single Science and the core content of GCSE Chemistry. Where relevant, Key Stage 3 material is summarized as an introduction to GCSE topics. This serves as revision of work done prior to Key Stage 4, and a foundation for GCSE studies. The book is

Introducing the Chemical Sciences

Introducing the Chemical Sciences
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Publisher: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1997
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780941901185

An introductory guide that is designed particularly for teachers and their students, but is useful in many other contexts. This new edition lists reference works; histories of science and technology; histories of the chemical sciences and industries including company histories; autobiographies and biographies; edited classical texts; and journals.

The Development of Modern Chemistry

The Development of Modern Chemistry
Author: Aaron J. Ihde
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 882
Release: 1984-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486642356

From ancient Greek theory to the explosive discoveries of the 20th century, this authoritative history shows how major chemists, their discoveries, and political, economic, and social developments transformed chemistry into a modern science. 209 illustrations. 14 tables. Bibliographies. Indices. Appendices.

Creations Of Fire

Creations Of Fire
Author: Cathy Cobb
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2009-04-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0786731095

In this fascinating history, Cathy Cobb and Harold Goldwhite celebrate not only chemistry's theories and breakthroughs but also the provocative times and personalities that shaped this amazing science and brought it to life. Throughout the book, the reader will meet the hedonists and swindlers, monks and heretics, and men and women laboring in garages and over kitchen sinks who expanded our understanding of the elements and discovered such new substances as plastic, rubber, and aspirin. Creations of Fire expands our vision of the meaning of chemistry and reveals the oddballs and academics who have helped shape our world.

How to Find Out in Chemistry

How to Find Out in Chemistry
Author: C. R. Burman
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1483138801

How to Find Out in Chemistry: A Guide to Sources of Information indicates how to make the best possible use of the literature of chemistry. This book serves as a guide for outlining the careers available to qualified chemists and explaining how such qualifications can be obtained; assembling a library of chemistry books; describing some of the general standards on books, biographies, and theses; acquiring periodical publications; and abstracting journals. Other topics discussed include general and physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, organic and inorganic chemistry, and chemical technology. This publication is intended for undergraduates and technical college students conducting research on the implications of chemistry.

Essentials of Coordination Chemistry

Essentials of Coordination Chemistry
Author: Vasishta Bhatt
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2015-10-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 012803937X

Essentials of Coordination Chemistry: A Simplified Approach with 3D Visuals provides an accessible overview of this key, foundational topic in inorganic chemistry. Thoroughly illustrated within the book and supplemented by online 3D images and videos in full color, this valuable resource covers basic fundamentals before exploring more advanced topics of interest. The work begins with an introduction to the structure, properties, and syntheses of ligands with metal centers, before discussing the variety of isomerism exhibited by coordination compounds, such as structural, geometrical and optical isomerism. As thermodynamics and kinetics provide a gateway to synthesis and reactivity of coordination compounds, the book then describes the determination of stability constants and composition of complexes. Building upon those principles, the resource then explains a wide variety of nucleophilic substitution reactions exhibited by both octahedral and square planar complexes. Finally, the book discusses metal carbonyls and nitrosyls, special classes of compounds that can stabilize zero or even negative formal oxidation states of metal ions. Highlighting preparations, properties, and structures, the text explores the unique type of Metal-Ligand bonding which enable many interesting applications of these compounds. Thoughtfully organized for academic use, Essentials of Coordination Chemistry: A Simplified Approach with 3D Visuals encourages interactive learning. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers requiring a full overview and visual understanding of coordination chemistry, will find this book invaluable. - Includes valuable visual content through 3D images and videos in full color, available online - Provides a valuable introduction to the study of organic and inorganic ligands with metal centers - Discusses advanced topics including metal carbonyls and nitrosyls

Biographies of Scientists

Biographies of Scientists
Author: Roger Smith
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1998
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780810833845

Provides more than 500 sources of information on scientists for young and adult general readers and for scholars. These sources explain scientists' accomplishments in the context of the personal and career developments that made those accomplishments possible

The History and Preservation of Chemical Instrumentation

The History and Preservation of Chemical Instrumentation
Author: John T. Stock
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400946902

The development of chemistry, like that of the other fields of science and technology, has depended greatly upon the availability of instruments. Accordingly, the study of the history of instrumentation is a major area in any survey of the progress in this science. Recognizing this fact, the Division of the History of Chemistry of the American Chemical Society organized and held a very successful symposium on the history of chemical instrumentation during the Washington, D.C. National Meeting in 1979. Re~arks, both formal and informal, made during this symposium stressed points that soon become obvious to anyone who looks at the ancestry of present-day instruments . In some cases, the total history is measured in years, rather than in centuries . Chemical instrumentation, by no means confined to the laboratory, is vital in industry. There is a natural tendency to discard an item of any kind when a newer version is acquired. Often, "to discard" means "to scrap". If the item scrapped is an instrument that is unique - sometimes the last of its kind - we have a permanent artefactual gap in the history of science.