TY - BOOK AU - Brock,WilliamH TI - HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY: a very short introduction T2 - Very short introductions SN - 9780198716488 U1 - 540.9 PY - 2016////01/01 CY - UK PB - Oxford University Press KW - History Of Chemistry KW - Chemistry KW - Chemistry and allied sciences KW - History KW - fast N1 - Contains the most recent interpretations by historians of chemistry Reveals the richness and diversity of chemistry in experimentation, theory, and analysis Raises philosophical issues concerning the nature of chemical change Explores the historical tension between physicists' and chemists' approaches to chemical transformation Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over seven million copies sold worldwide; Includes bibliographical references and index; On the nature of stuff -- The analysis of stuff -- Gases and atoms -- Types and hexagons -- Reactivity -- Synthesis ER -