INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
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0471071803 (cloth : alk. paper)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
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IR
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EN-59551
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
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انگلیسی
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION OR PRODUCTlON
Country of publication
IR
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The art of chemistry :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
:myths, medicines, and materials
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Arthur Greenberg
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Hoboken, N.J.
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Wiley-Interscience,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, c2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xix, 357 p. , ill. (some col.) , 29 cm.
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Electronic
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Section VI.. Young Country and a Young Theory -- "It Is a Pity So Few Chemists Are Dyers, and So Few Dyers Chemists" -- Two Early Visions: Oxidation without Oxygen and Women as Strong Scientists -- EXCLUSIVE! First Printed Pictures of Dalton's Molecules -- Atmospheric Water Molecules and the Morning Dew -- 'Tis a Bonnie Chymistrie We Brrring Ye -- [characters not reproducible] "For It's Hot as Hell ... in Phila-del'-phi-a" [characters not reproducible] -- Twelve Cents for a Chemistry Lecture -- Section VII.. Specialization and Systemization -- Geodes -- Colorful "Notions of Chemistry" -- What Are Organic Chemists Good for? -- Never Smile at a Cacodyl -- Mendeleev's "Cosmic Staircase" to a "Pythagorean Heaven" -- Electric Oxygen -- "Chemistry Compressed" -- Laevo-Man Would Enjoy the "Buzz" but Not the Taste of His Beer -- What Else Could a Woman Write about? -- Searching for Signs of Neon -- "Grouch" or a "Crank"? -- Why Is Prout's Hypothesis Still in Modern Textbooks? -- Section VIII.. Some Fun -- Clairvoyant Pictures of Atoms--A Strange Chymical Narrative -- Periodic Helix of the Elements -- White Lightning in an Atom, a Kiss, or a Star -- "Trade Ya Babe Ruth for Antoine Lavoisier!" -- Secret Life of Wanda Witty -- Pauling's Cartoon Carnival -- Here's to Long Life (L'Chaim)! -- So You Weren't Joking, Mr. Feynman! -- Natural Scientist -- Descended from Fallopian Test Tubes?
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Section I.. Spiritual and Mythological Roots -- Eastern and Western Esoterica -- Four Ancient Elements -- Mystical and Majestic Numbers -- Natural Magick: Metamorphoses of Werewolves and Metals -- Albert the Great and "Albert the Pretty Good" -- Canterbury Tale of Alchemy -- Ship of Fools -- First Modern Encyclopedia -- Alchemical Bestiary -- Who Is Athanasius Kircher, and Why Are They Saying Those Terrible Things about Him? -- Unnatural Magick--Witches and Stirring Rods of Bone -- Section II.. Stills, Cupels, and Weapons -- Magic of Distillation -- Practical Metallick Chymistry -- Promising President -- These Are a Few of Our Nastiest Things -- Section III.. Medicines, Purges, and Ointments -- Joy of Sextodecimo -- Compleat Apothecary -- "Rare Effects of Magical and Celestial Fire" -- Secrets of a Lady Alchemist -- "Pray and Work" -- Good Old-Fashioned Purge -- Section IV.. Emerging Science --
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Chemistry , History
Alchemy
Medicine , History
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PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Greenberg, Arthur.
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