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The Chemical Tree: A History of Chemistry (Pocket)
avBrock, William H, Brock, W H
ISBN: 9780393320688In this authoritative volume, a New York Times Notable Book of 1993, scientific researcher and historian William Brock recounts the astonishing rise of a sophisticated science. Tracing the roots of chemistry back to the alchemists' futile attempts to turn lead into gold, he follows the emergence of [...]
The Case of the Poisonous Socks (Häftad)
avWilliam H. Brock
ISBN: 9781849733243 - UTGIVEN: 201109In 1868, The Times reported that poisons contained in dyes were affecting the public's health. A doctor informed a London magistrate that brilliantly coloured socks had caused severe "constitutional and local complaint" to several of his patients. In one case, a patient's foot had become so swollen [...]
