Title:
The last sorcerers : the path from alchemy to the periodic table
Author:
Morris, Richard, 1939-2003.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, [2003]
©2003
Physical Description:
xi, 282 pages ; 22 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Preface -- four elements -- Prelude to the birth of chemistry -- sceptical chymist -- discovery of the elements -- nail for the coffin -- "Only an instant to cut off that head" -- atom -- Problems with atoms -- periodic law -- Deciphering the atom -- Epilogue : the continuing search -- catalog of the elements -- Further reading -- Index.
ISBN:
9780309095075
9780013118213
9780309089050
9780309505932
Format :
Book
