Crucibles
Subtitle: the story of chemistry from ancient alchemy to nuclear fission
By: Bernard Jaffe.
Edition: New rev. and updated 4th ed.
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 1976
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Chemists -- Biography.; Chemistry -- History.
Description: Classic popular account of great chemists Trevisan, Paracelsus, Avogadro, Mendeleeff, Curies, Thomson, Lawrence, up to A-bomb research, recent work with subatomic particles.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.