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Chemistry : the people behind the science /
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| Author |
Cullen, Katherine E.
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| Call Number |
j925.4 CUL |
| Publisher |
New York : Chelsea House, |
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Chemists -- Biography -- Popular works.
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Women chemists -- Biography -- Popular works.
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Chemistry -- History -- Popular works.
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Discoveries in science -- Popular works.
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Juvenile literature.
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| URL |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0517/2005022276.html |
| Title Statement |
Chemistry : the people behind the science / Katherine Cullen. |
| Description |
xxii, 170 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents |
1. Joseph Priestley (1733-1804): The Discovery of Oxygen -- 2. Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794): The Basis and Language of Modern Chemistry -- 3. John Dalton (1766-1844): The Chemical Atomic Theory -- 4. Dmitry Mendeleyev (1834-1907): The Periodic Table of the Elements -- 5. Irving Langmuir (1881-1957): Advancement of Surface Chemistry -- 6. Emil Hermann Fischer (1852-1919): Synthesis of Purines and Sugars and the Mechanism of Enzyme Action -- 7. Gerty Cori (1896-1957): Sugar Metabolism and Glycogen Storage Disorders -- 8. Percy Julian (1899-1975): Synthesis of Glaucoma Drug and Sterols from Natural Plant Products -- 9. Linus Pauling (1901-1994): Description of the Nature of the Chemical Bond -- 10. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-1994): X-Ray Analysis of Biologically Important Molecules. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index. |
| ISBN |
0816054622 (acid-free paper) |
| LCCN |
2005022276 |
| Hold Requests |
0 |
| Bib No. |
1072325 |
