Ideas in Chemistry: A History of the Science

by David M. Knight

Book Overview

In this unconventional history of chemistry, David Knight takes the refreshing view that the science has "its glorious future behind it." Today, chemistry is primarily a service science. In its very long history, though, chemistry has taken on very different roles. It has been the esoteric preoccupation of alchemists, the source of mechanist views of matter, the cornerstone of all other sciences and medicine, an archetype of experimental science,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813518369
• ISBN13: 9780813518367
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"