Book ID: CBB000430281

The Last Sorcerers: The Path from Alchemy to the Periodic Table (2003)

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Morris, Richard (Author)


Joseph Henry Press


Publication Date: 2003
Physical Details: xii + 282 pp.; table; bib.; index
Language: English

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Review Laszlo, Pierre (2004) Review of "The Last Sorcerers: The Path from Alchemy to the Periodic Table". Bulletin for the History of Chemistry (p. 110). unapi

Review Ramberg, Peter J. (2005) Review of "The Last Sorcerers: The Path from Alchemy to the Periodic Table". Physics in Perspective. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Moran, Bruce T.
Pier Remigio Salvi
Oswald, Nicola M. R.
Mauskopf, Seymour H.
Bokaris, Efthymios
Waysand, Georges
Journals
Foundations of Chemistry
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Substantia: An International Journal of the History of Chemistry
Science and Education
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
Springer International Publishing
University of Chicago Press
Harvard University Press
CNRS Éditions
American Philosophical Society
Concepts
Chemistry
Atomic structure
Alchemy
Discipline formation
Quantum chemistry
Periodic system of the elements; periodic table
People
Dalton, John
Antropoff, Andreas von
Mazurs, Edward G.
Cabral, Alcindo Flores
Wrinch, Dorothy Maud
Vegard, Lars
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
18th century
Places
England
United Kingdom
Netherlands
France
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