Title : Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry (Fourth Edition)

Author: Bernard Jaffe

Publisher: Dover Publications

ISBN 0486233421

Condition: Paperback. New.

PRICE : SG $23

Synopsis

Suitable for general readers, students and teachers, this book is a non-scientific account of the lives of the great chemists. The timeline of this book begins in the 15th century, with Paracelsus and Trevisan, where Jaffe discusses the alchemical beginnings of chemistry. The story of chemistry progresses all the way to the 20th century (this book was first written in 1930), with accounts of the lives and discoveries of Molesey and Niels Bohr, and discusses nuclear power.