Creations of Fire
Subtitle: Chemistry's Lively History from Alchemy to the Atomic Age
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Published: January 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780738205946
Subjects: History of science; Popular science; History; Science; Science/Mathematics; Chemistry - General; Chemistry
First sentence: There are those who envision prehistoric peoples as grunting, stooping, quasi-humans with hair in unusual places, so there are no doubt those who would take exception to the title with which this chapter begins.