Prometheans in the Lab
Chemistry and the Making of the Modern World
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Author
Publication
2001-07-25 - McGraw-Hill Trade, New York
Language
English
Word Count
35,750 words, Guess
Page Count
143 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7298308M
- ISBN-139780071350075
- ISBN-100071350071
- OCLC Control Number46508204
- Internet Archiveprometheansinlab0000mcgr
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- Library of Congress Control Number2001030671
- LibraryThing230138
- Goodreads6766935
Classifications
- LCCTP18 .M34 2001
Description
Table of contents includes: Soap and Nicholas Leblanc, Color and William Henry Perkin, Sugar and Norbert Rillieux, Clean water and Edward Frankland, Fertilizer, poison gas, and Fritz Haber, Leaded gasoline, safe refrigeration and Thomas Midgley, Jr., Nylon and Wallace Hume Carothers, DDT and Paul Hermann Muller, Lead-free gasoline and Clair C. Patterson.
First Sentence
Nicolas Leblanc was a catch-as-catch-can chemist, a "wannabe" scientist hovering on the fringes of stardom.
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