Bøger af Harold Goldwhite

An overview of the books that shaped or encapsulated the history of chemistry from ancient times through the 20th. century. Earlier periods through the 17th. century are devoted to only a few books each. Several great books of the 18th. and 19th. centuries are discussed. The 20th. century gets the widest coverage.

But systematic experimental methods were not routinely employed until the 1600s-and quantitative theories did not evolve until the 1700s-and it can be argued that modem chernistry as a science did not begin until the Chemical Revolution in the 1700s.

This 1981 introduction to the chemistry of a single element, phosphorus, covers many of the major themes of chemistry. By presenting a detailed treatment of selected topics, this book provides a concise account of phosphorus chemistry suitable for anyone with an interest in the field.