History of Chemistry

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• Arabatzis, Theodore
• Representing Electrons: A Biographical Approach to Theoretical Entities
• 1st Edition
• University of Chicago Press
• 2006
• 296 pp.
• 9780226024219
• $28
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education200784(12) 1927

• Atkins, Peter
• Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science
• 1st Edition
• Oxford University Press
• 2004
• 392 pp.
• 9780198609414
• $18.95
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education 2004 81(10) 1423

• Baird, Davis, Eric Scerri, and Lee McIntyre (editors)
• Philosophy of Chemistry: Synthesis of a New Discipline (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 242)
• 1st Edition
• Springer
• 2007
• 362 pp.
• 9781402032561
• $179
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education200683(8) 1140

• Ball, Philip
• Elegant Solutions:
• 1st Edition
• Springer
• 2005
• 208 pp,
• 9780854046744
• $39.95
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical. Education 2006 83 41

• Basolo, Fred
• From Coello to Inorganic Chemistry:A Lifetime of Reactions
• 1st Edition
• Springer
• 2002
• 266 pp.
• 9780306467745
• $59.95
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education 2002 79(10) 1206

• Benfey, Otto T. and Peter J. T. Morris
• Robert Burns Woodward: Architect and Artist in the World of Molecules
• 1st Edition
• Chemical Heritage Foundation
• 2001
• 497 pp.
• 9780941901253
• $45

• Bensaude-Vincent, Bernadette and Isabelle Stengers (translated by Deborah van Dam)
• A History of Chemistry
• 1st Edition
• Harvard University Press
• 1997
• 314 pp.
• 9780674396593
• $54.5
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education 1998 75 699

• Berson, Jerome A.
• Chemical Creativity: Ideas from the Work of Woodward, Hückel, Meerwein and Others
• 1st Edition
• John Wiley
• 1999
• 208 pp.
• 9783527297542
• $65

• Berson, Jerome A.
• Chemical Discovery and the Logicians' Program
• 1st Edition
• John Wiley
• 2003
• 194 pp.
• 9783527307975
• $65

• Bowden, Mary Ellen
• Chemical Achievers
• 1st Edition
• The Chemical Heritage Foundation
• 1997
• 180 pp.
• 9780941901123
• $20
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education 1999 76 325

• Bowden, Mary Ellen and Smith, John Kenly
• American Chemical Enterprise
• 1st Edition
• The Chemical Heritage Foundation
• 1994
• 96 pp.
• 9780941901130
• $18
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education 1995 72(8) A169

• Boyle, Robert
• The Sceptical Chymist
• Reprint of 1911 Edition
• Dover Publications
• 0000
• 254 pp.
• 9780486428253
• $14.95

• Brock, William H.
• Justus von Liebig, The Chemical Gatekeeper
• 1st Edition
• Cambridge University Press
• 1997
• 394 pp.
• 9780521562249
• $140

• Brock, William H.
• The Chemical Tree: A History of Chemistry (previously published as the Norton History of Chemistry
• 1st Edition
• W. W. Norton
• 1993
• 784 pp.
• 9780393320688
• $21.95
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education 1994 71(8) A214

• Cain, Gordon
• Everybody Wins! A Life in Free Enterprise
• 2nd Edition
• The Chemical Heritage Foundation
• 2001
• 348 pp.
• 9780941901147
• $14.95
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education 2002 79(5) 561; 1st Edition reviewed in Chemical and Engineering News, March 24, 1997

• Chang, Hasok and Catherine Jackson (editors)
• An Element of Controversy: The Life of Chlorine in Science, Medicine, Technology and War
• 1st Edition
• British Society for the History of Science
• 2008
• 407 pp.
• 9780906450017
• £15
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education 2008 85(8) 1055

• Cobb, Cathy
• Magick, Mayhem, and Mavericks: The Spirited History of Physical Chemistry
• 1st Edition
• Prometheus Books
• 2002
• 420pp.
• 9781573929769
• $29
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education, 2003 80(7) 745

• Cobb, Cathy and Harold Goldwhite
• Creations of Fire: Chemistry's Lively History from Alchemy to the Atomic Age
• 1st Edition
• Perseus Publishing , but you have to search for it
• 1995
• 492 pp.
• 9780738205946
• $22.95
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education 1996 73(5) A111

• Cohen, Paul S. and Brenda H. Cohen
• America's Scientific Treasures: A Travel Companion
• 1st Edition
• Oxford University Press
• 1998
• 464 pp.
• 9780841234444
• $45

• Curie, Marie
• Radioactive Substances
• Reprint Edition
• Dover Publications
• 1903
• 96 pp.
• 9780486425504
• $7.95

• Daemmrich, Arthur A., Nancy Ryan Gray, and Leah Shaper (editors)
• Reflections from the Frontiers, Explorations for the Future: Gordon Research Conferences, 1931?2006
• 1st Edition
• Chemical Heritage Foundation
• 2006
• 140 pp.
• 9780941901390
• $16.95
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education200683(8) 1139

• Donovan, Arthur
• Antoine Lavoisier
• 1st Edition
• Cambridge University Press
• 1996
• 367 pp.
• 9780521566728
• $36.99

• Earley, Joseph E., Sr. (editor)
• Chemical Explanation: Characteristics, Development, Autonomy (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences)
• 1st Edition
• New York Academy of Sciences (July 2003)
• 2003
• 370 pp.
• 9781573314565
• $130
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education 2006 83(7) 995

• Ede, Andrew
• The Chemical Element: A Historical Perspective
• 1st Edition
• Greenwood Press
• 2006
• 200 pp.
• 9780313333040
• $65
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education200784(1) 42

• Emsley, John
• The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorus
• 1st Edition
• John Wiley
• 2002
• 352 pp.
• 9780471441496
• $16.95

• Feldman, Burton
• 112 Mercer Street: Einstein, Russell, Gödel, Pauli, and the End of Innocence in Science
• 1st Edition
• Arcade Publishing
• 2007
• 256 pp.
• 9781559707046
• $26
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education 2008 85(5) 639

• Flood, Raymond, Mark McCartney, and Andrew Whitaker
• Kelvin: Life, Labours and Legacy
• 1st Edition
• Oxford University Press
• 2008
• 352 pp.
• 9780199231256
• $110

• Greenberg, Arthur
• A Chemical History Tour: Picturing Chemistry from Alchemy to Modern Molecular Science
• 1st Edition
• John Wiley
• 2000
• 336 pp.
• 9780471354086
• $94.95

• Greenberg, Arthur
• From Alchemy to Chemistry in Picture and Story
• 1st Edition
• John Wiley
• 2007
• 664 pp.
• 9780471751540
• $74.95

• Greenberg, Arthur
• The Art of Chemistry: Myths, Medicines, and Materials
• 1st Edition
• John Wiley
• 2002
• 384 pp.
• 9780471071808
• $94.95

• Greenberg, Arthur
• Twentieth-Century Science. Chemistry: Decade by Decade
• 1st Edition
• Facts on File
• 2007
• 496 pp.
• 9780816055319
• $49.5
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education200885(3) 372

• Hager, Thomas
• The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Discovery that Changed the Course of History
• 1st Edition
• Harmony Books (Random House)
• 2008
• 336 pp.
• 9780307351784
• $24.95
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education 1999 85(9) 1195

• Hall, Nina (editor)
• The New Chemistry
• 1st Edition
• Cambridge University Press
• 2000
• 506 pp.
• 9780521452243
• $96

• Hermes, Matthew E.
• Enough for One Lifetime: Wallace Carothers, Inventor of Nylon
• 1st Edition
• Chemical Heritage Foundation
• 1996
• 364 pp.
• 9780841233317
• $38.95
• Reviewed in Chemical and Engineering News, August 19, 1996, p. 39

• Holmyard, E. J.
• Alchemy
• Reprint Edition
• Dover Publications
• 1990
• 288 pp.
• 9780486262987
• $13.95

• Isaacson, Walter
• Einstein: His Life and Universe
• 1st Edition
• Simon & Schuster
• 2007
• 704 pp.
• 9780743264730
• $32
• Reviewed in 200885(1) 49

• Jaffe, Bernard
• Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry from Ancient Alchemy to Nuclear Fission
• 1st Edition
• Dover Publications
• 1977
• 368 pp.
• 9780486233420
• $14.95

• James, Laylin K. (editor)
• Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, 1901-1992
• 1st Edition
• Chemical Heritage Society
• 1993
• 650 pp.
• 9780841226906
• $34.95

• Jensen,William B. (editor)
• Mendeleev on the Periodic Law: Selected Writings, 1869?1905
• 1st Edition
• Dover Publications
• 2005
• 320 pp.
• 9780486445717
• $19.95
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education200784(8) 1279

• Lavoisier, Antoine
• Elements of Chemistry
• Reprint Edition
• Dover Publications
• 0000
• 539 pp.
• 9780486646244
• $19.95

• Leslie, Esther
• Synthetic Worlds: Nature, Art and the Chemical Industry
• 1st Edition
• Reaktion Books
• 2005
• 280 pp.
• 9781861892485
• $45
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education200683(9) 1294

• Nye, Mary Jo
• From Chemical Philosophy to Theoretical Chemistry: Dynamics of Matter and Dynamics of Disciplines, 1800-1950
• 1st Edition
• University of California Press
• 1993
• 356 pp.
• 9780520082106
• $60

• Partington,J. R.
• A Short History of Chemistry
• 1st Edition
• Dover Publications
• 1989
• 428 pp.
• 9780486659770
• $17.95

• Phillips, David and James Barber
• The Life and Scientific Legacy of George Porter
• 1st Edition
• Imperial College Press
• 2006
• 652 pp.
• 9781860946950
• $145
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education200784(3) 418

• Poirier, Jean-Pierre
• Lavoisier: Chemist, Biologist, Economist
• 1st Edition
• The Chemical Heritage Foundation
• 1998
• 544 pp.
• 9780812216493
• $19.95
• Reviewed inChemical & Engineering News, May 26, 1997, pp. 35-36

• Principe, Lawrence M.
• The Aspiring Adept: Robert Boyle and His Alchemical Quest
• 1st Edition
• Princeton University Press
• 1998
• 340 pp.
• 9780691050829
• $29.95
• Reviewed in Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education 1999 76 (10) 1343

• Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey W. and Marelene Rayner-Canham
• Women in Chemistry: Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the Mid-Twentieth Century
• 1st Edition
• The Chemical Heritage Foundation (Co-published with ACS Books)
• 1998
• 240 pp.
• 9780941901277
• $19.95
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education 1999 76(7) 901

• Rayner-Canham, Marelene F. and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham
• A Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity
• 1st Edition
• The Chemical Heritage Foundation
• 1997
• 280 pp.
• 9780941901154
• $19.95

• Riehl, Nikolaus and Frederick Seitz (translator and introducer)
• Stalin's Captive: Nikolaus Riehl and the Soviet Race for the Bomb
• 1st Edition
• Chemical Heritage Foundation (co-published with ACS Books)
• 1996
• 218 pp.
• 9780841233102
• $34.95

• Russell, Colin A and Gerrylynn K. Roberts (eds.)
• Chemical History: Reviews of the Recent Literature
• 1st Edition
• RSC Publishing
• 2006
• 247 pp.
• 9780854044641
• £59.95
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education 2006 83(8) 1139

• Salzberg, Hugh W.
• From Caveman to Chemist: Circumstances and Achievements
• 1st Edition
• Oxford University Press
• 1991
• 294 pp.
• 9780841217874
• $49.95

• Scerri, Eric R.
• The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance
• 1st Edition
• Oxford University Press
• 2006
• 368 pp.
• 9780195305739
• $35
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education200784(4) 598

• Schofield, Robert E.
• The Enlightened Joseph Priestley: A Study of His Life and Work from 1773 to 1804
• 1st Edition
• Pennsylvania State University Press
• 2004
• 480 pp.
• 9780271024592
• $58
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education 2007 84(7) 1110

• Schutt, Hans-Werner
• Eihard Mitscherlich: Prince of Prussian Chemistry
• 1st Edition
• The Chemical Heritage Foundation (Co-published with ACS Books)
• 1996
• 256 pp.
• 9780841233454
• $59.95

• Sime, Ruth Lewin
• Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics (California Studies in the History of Science, Vol. 13
• 1st Edition
• University of California Press
• 1996
• 540 pp.
• 9780520208605
• $24.95

• Stoltzenberg, Dietrich
• Fritz Haber: Chemist, Nobel Laureate, German, Jew: A Biography
• 1st Edition
• Chemical Heritage Foundation
• 2004
• 352 pp.
• 9780941901246
• $40
• Reviewed in Journal of Chemical Education 2006 83(11) 1605

• Tselos, George D., and Colleen Wickey
• A Guide to Archives and Manuscript Collections in the History of Chemistry and Chemical Technology
• 1st Edition
• The Chemical Heritage Foundation
• 1987
• 197 pp.
• 9780941901055
• $10