This book is [a] guide to chemistry for nonscientists interested in learning more about the world around them - interesting, authoritative, and entertaining, amazing things to say about a chemistry book.-Dust jacket.
Written for lay readers, provides an introduction to the principles of chemistry and includes quotations from popular literature to show how chemistry and everyday life intertwine.
The chemistry of everyday things and phenomena is examined.
As the authors show, the writings of medieval alchemists may seem like the ravings of brain-addled fools, but there is more to the story than that. Recent scholarship has shown that some seemingly nonsensical mysticism is, in fact, decipherable code, and Western European alchemi…
In their account of the ancient art of alchemy, three veteran chemists show that the alchemists' quest was connected to real science, and they recount fascinating stories of the sages who performed these strange experiments
A unique approach to the history of science using do-it-yourself experiments along with brief historical profiles to demonstrate how the ancient alchemists stumbled upon the science of chemistry. Be the alchemist! Explore the legend of alchemy with the science of chemistry. Enjo…