From gunpowder to laser chemistry
Subtitle: discovering chemical reactions
By: Andrew Solway
Series: Chain reactions; Chain reactions
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780431186603
Subjects: Chemical reactions; Chemistry; Juvenile literature; Discoveries in science; History
Description: Andrew Solway looks at discoveries, inventions and developments in the science of chemical reactions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Table of contents includes: A big bang; title: Burning and breathing; title: Weighing atoms; title: How elements combine; title: Electric reactions; title: The chemistry of carbon; title: Explaining heat; title: Big business; title: Dividing atoms; title: Big molecules; title: From gunpowder to lasers; title: Timeline; title: Biographies.