num_pages: 320
description: Take a stroll through this one-of-a-kind book that offers readers an illustrated tour of how chemistry developed from alchemy to the emergence of chemistry as a scientific discipline in the early 17th century and finally modern-day chemistry. Discover this rare collection of more than 180 illustrations spanning 400 years of chemical publications with each illustration accompanied by an essay discussing its significance in the context of historical scientific beliefs as well as modern chemical science. The author's knowledge and enthusiasm for the books images and subject matter are clearly reflected throughout the very readable informative and frequently funny essays. High-quality full-page reproductions from the author's art collection published from 1599 to the present are eloquently displayed.
language: English
title: A Chemical History Tour: Picturing Chemistry from Alchemy to Modern Molecular Science
publisher: Wiley-Interscience