Characters in Chemistry 1136 Acsss C

Gary D. Patterson is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University. Seth C. Rasmussen is affiliated with North Dakota State University.

A collection of biographical sketches of important and interesting chemists, dating back to the 18th century.

Preface; 1. Introduction: The Humanity of Chemistry; Seth C. Rasmussen and Gary D. Patterson; 2. Robert Bunsen's Sweet Tooth; William B. Jensen; 3. Who Was the Real Joseph Black?; Robert Anderson; 4. The Quaker Rustic as Natural Philosopher: John Dalton and His Social Context; Alan J. Rocke; 5. The Chemistry of Lucrezia Borgia et al.; Cathy Cobb; 6. Chemical Characters: Sir William Crookes (1832?1919); William H. Brock; 7. It's a Gas! Sir Humphry Davy and His Pneumatic Investigations; Seth C. Rasmussen; 8. Historical Chemists in Fiction; Carmen J. Giunta; 9. Yegor Yegorovich Vagner (1849?1903): A Wondrously Sharpwitted Chemist; David E. Lewis; 10. Martian Chemists and Characters; Balazs Hargittai and Istvan Hargittai; 11. George Rosenkranz: A Full-Range Chemical Character; James G. Traynham; 12. Paul John Flory: Physical Chemist and Humanitarian; Gary D. Patterson; Editors' Biographies; Author Index; Subject Index