Transforming Matter: A History of Chemistry from Alchemy to the Buckyball
by Trevor H. Levere
Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science
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Transforming Matter provides an accessible and clearly written introduction to the history of chemistry, telling the story of how the discipline has developed over the years.Tags
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"an accessible overview of the chemical sciences. [...] As an "introductory study," it eschews chemical formulae and focuses on the big picture, considering what philosophies guided the work of chemists and to what uses chemistry was put throughout its development."
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Trevor H. Levere is a professor at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto
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