{"product_id":"from-alchemy-to-chemistry-in-picture-and-story","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","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54240102678872,"sku":"9780471751540","price":106.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780471751540.jpg?v=1780027260","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/from-alchemy-to-chemistry-in-picture-and-story","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}