Prometheans in the Lab
Subtitle: Chemistry and the Making of the Modern World
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade
Published: July 25, 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780071350075
Description: Table of contents includes: Soap and Nicholas Leblanc, Color and William Henry Perkin, Sugar and Norbert Rillieux, Clean water and Edward Frankland, Fertilizer, poison gas, and Fritz Haber, Leaded gasoline, safe refrigeration and Thomas Midgley, Jr., Nylon and Wallace Hume Carothers, DDT and Paul Hermann Muller, Lead-free gasoline and Clair C. Patterson.
Table of contents: title: Soap and Nicolas Leblanc (December 6, 1742 - January 16, 1806) -- Color and William Henry Perkin (March 12, 1838 - July 14, 1907) -- Sugar and Norbert Rillieux (March 17, 1806 - October 8, 1894) -- Clean Water and Edward Frankland (February 20, 1825 - August 9, 1899) -- Fertilizer, poison gas, and Fritz Haber (December 9, 1868 - January 29, 1934) -- Leaded gasoline, safe refrigeration, and Thomas Midgley, Jr. (May 18, 1889 - November 2, 1944) -- Nylon and Wallace Hume Carothers (April 27, 1896 - April 29, 1937) -- DDT and Paul Hermann Mitter (January 12, 1899 - October 13, 1965) -- Lead-free gasoline and Clair C. Patterson (June 2, 1922 - December 5, 1995).