Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index.
1. Joseph Priestley (1733-1804): The Discovery of Oxygen -- 2. Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794): The Basis and Language of Modern Chemistry -- 3. John Dalton (1766-1844): The Chemical Atomic Theory -- 4. Dmitry Mendeleyev (1834-1907): The Periodic Table of the Elements -- 5. Irving Langmuir (1881-1957): Advancement of Surface Chemistry -- 6. Emil Hermann Fischer (1852-1919): Synthesis of Purines and Sugars and the Mechanism of Enzyme Action -- 7. Gerty Cori (1896-1957): Sugar Metabolism and Glycogen Storage Disorders -- 8. Percy Julian (1899-1975): Synthesis of Glaucoma Drug and Sterols from Natural Plant Products -- 9. Linus Pauling (1901-1994): Description of the Nature of the Chemical Bond -- 10. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-1994): X-Ray Analysis of Biologically Important Molecules.