Prometheans in the lab : chemistry and the making of the modern world / by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne.
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TextPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2001Description: xi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0071350071 [hardbound]Subject(s): Chemistry, Technical -- History | Chemists -- BiographyOnline resources: Click here to access online | Table of Contents | Contributor biographical information Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with netLibrary, Inc.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 201-238) and index.
Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1: Soap and Nicotas Leblanc -- December 6, 1742-Januaay 16, 1806 Chapter 2: Color and William Henry Perkin -- March 12, 1838-Juty 14, 1907 Chapter 3: Sugar and Norbert Rillieux -- Morch 17, 1806-October 8, 1894 Chapter 4: Clean Water and Edward FrankLand -- February 20, 1825-August 9, 1899 Chapter 5: Fertilizer, Poison Gas, and Fritz Haber -- December 9, 1868-January 29, 1934 Chapter 6: Leaded Gasoline, Safe Refrigeration, and -- Thomas Midgley, Jr. -- May 18, 1889-November 2, 1944 Chapter 7: Nylon and WaLLace Hume Carothers -- April 27, 1896-April 29, 1937 Chapter 8: DDT and Paul Hermann Mitter -- January 12, 1899-October 13, 1965 Chapter 9: Lead-Free Gasoine and Clair C. Patterson -- June 2, 1922-December 5, 1995.
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