{"product_id":"from-alchemy-to-chemistry-in-arthur-greenberg-9780471751540","title":"From Alchemy to Chemistry in Picture and Story","description":"\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eFrom Alchemy to Chemistry in Picture and Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The timeline from alchemy to chemistry contains some of the most mystifying ideas and images that humans have ever devised. Arthur Greenberg shows us this wonderful world in a unique and highly readable book.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Dr. John Emsley, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Elements of Murder: A History of Poison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Art Greenberg takes us, through text and lovingly selected images, on a 'magical mystery tour' of the chemical universe. No matter what page you open, there is a chemical story worth telling.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Dr. Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Laureate and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eChemistry Imagined\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Chemistry has perhaps the most intricate, most fascinating, and certainly most romantic history of all the sciences. Arthur Greenberg's essays-delightful, learned, quirky, highly personal, and richly illustrated with contemporary drawings (many of great rarity and beauty)-provide a kaleidoscope of intellectual landscapes, bringing the experiments, the ideas, and the human figures of chemistry's past intensely alive.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Dr. Oliver Sacks, author of \u003ci\u003eAwakenings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Alchemy to Chemistry in Picture and Story\u003c\/i\u003e takes you on an illustrated tour of chemistry's fascinating history, from its early focus on the spiritual relationship between man and nature to some of today's most cutting-edge applications. Drawing from rare publications and artwork that span over five centuries, the book contains nearly 200 essays and over 350 illustrations-including 24 in full color-that tell the engaging story of the development of this fundamental science and its connection with human history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoin Arthur Greenberg as he combines the \"best of the best\" from his previous works (as well as several new essays) to paint a colorful picture of chemistry's remarkable origins!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arthur Greenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0471751545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780471751540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Interscience\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.92h x 8.52w x 1.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2007 pg. 48","brand":"Arthur Greenberg","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056187764991,"sku":"9780471751540","price":122.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_efd37adc-888b-4049-9ab8-c1d86b8a8522.jpg?v=1685039974","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-alchemy-to-chemistry-in-arthur-greenberg-9780471751540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}