[The Story of... 01] • The Story of Chemistry by Rooney, Anne -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Contents Introduction: The Stuff of the World Chapter 1: Chemistry without knowing it

Adventures in pre-chemistry Metals and mining Harnessing biochemistry The start of chemistry Elementary elements

Chapter 2: A spiritual science

A respectable pursuit The shadowy origins of alchemy Practising chemists Arab alchemy Alchemy enters Europe Beyond metals Fake alchemy and fake alchemists

Chapter 3: Gold and the Golden Age

Renaissance: alchemy reborn Alchemy and medicine Transcendent medicine Secrecy, truth and fraud

Chapter 4: From alchemy to chemistry

The scientific method An amicable divorce Chemistry emerging Elements old and new

Chapter 5: Airy nothings

The invisible air More than one air Fire and air Burning and breathing Compound or mixed airs? Not all air The surprise of water Back to gases

Chapter 6: Atoms, elements and affinities

Atoms and elements From atoms to molecules Getting together Atoms in focus Elements get together Organizing elements Indivisible atoms? Electrons put to work

Chapter 7: Bonds of life

The living and the not-living Out of bonds Up and down The chemistry of life Cures from chemistry When the body’s chemistry goes wrong Chemicals from the past

Chapter 8: What’s in there?

Investigation and identification Chemistry, wet and dry Unmixing stuff Elements and electricity Sweetness and light Measuring by mass Looking inside

Chapter 9: Making stuff

Synthesis and synthetics Plastics revolution War and necessity, mothers of invention Atom by atom

Conclusion: Into the future Index Picture Credits Copyright