Creations of Fire

I. - 1. ca. 100000300 BCE: Prehistoric Chemist to Chemical PhilosopherThe Seeds. - 2. ca. 300 BCE600 CE: Alexandria and Alchemy. - 3. ca. 200 BCE1000 CE: From Rome to Baghdad. - 4. ca. 10001200: Alchemy Translates from East to West. - 5. ca. 13001500: The Evolution of European Alchemy. - 6. ca. 1600: Philosophers of Fire. - 7. ca. 1700: The Search for System and Phlogiston. - II. - 8. ca. 1700: Révolution . - 9. ca. 18001848: Après Le Déluge. - 10. ca. 18001848: The Professional Chemist. - 11. ca. 18481914: ThermodynamicsThe Heat of the Matter. - 12. ca. 18301914: Organic ChemistryUp from the Ooze. - 13. ca. 18481914: Inorganic Elements and IonsNew Earths and Airs. - 14. ca. 18481914: Analytical Industrial and BiochemistryCreations of Coal. - III. - 15. ca. 19141950: Quantum ChemistryThe Belly of the Beast. - 16. ca. 19141950: Polymers and Proteins: Links in the Chain. - 17. ca. 19141950: New Materials and MethodsOrganic and Inorganic Chemistry Grow. - 18. ca. 19141950: Chemical KineticsBoom or Bust. - 19. ca. 19141950: RadiochemistryDalton Dissected. - 20. The Best Is Yet To Come. - Endnotes. - Annotated Bibliography. Language: English