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Prometheans in the lab chemistry and the making of the modern world / by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne.
| Author/creator | McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : McGraw-Hill, |
| Description | xi, 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1: Soap and Nicotas Leblanc -- December 6, 1742-Januaay 16, 1806 Chapter 2: Color and William Henry Perkin -- March 12, 1838-Juty 14, 1907 Chapter 3: Sugar and Norbert Rillieux -- Morch 17, 1806-October 8, 1894 Chapter 4: Clean Water and Edward FrankLand -- February 20, 1825-August 9, 1899 Chapter 5: Fertilizer, Poison Gas, and Fritz Haber -- December 9, 1868-January 29, 1934 Chapter 6: Leaded Gasoline, Safe Refrigeration, and -- Thomas Midgley, Jr. -- May 18, 1889-November 2, 1944 Chapter 7: Nylon and WaLLace Hume Carothers -- April 27, 1896-April 29, 1937 Chapter 8: DDT and Paul Hermann Mitter -- January 12, 1899-October 13, 1965 Chapter 9: Lead-Free Gasoine and Clair C. Patterson -- June 2, 1922-December 5, 1995. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-238) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with netLibrary, Inc. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2001030671 |
| ISBN | 0071386688 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0071350071 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |