Chemical History
Reviews of the Recent Literature

Following on from Recent Developments in the History of Chemistry, this book aims to familiarise newcomers to the history of chemistry.

In addition, it will appeal to a wider audience interested in the history of chemistry, as it draws together historical materials that are widely scattered throughout the chemical literature.

1: Getting to Know History of Chemistry
1.1: Trends in History of Chemistry Literature
1.2: General Histories of Chemistry
1.3: Other General Works
1.4: Chemical Biographies
1.5: History of Chemistry and the Internet
2:Chemistry before 1800
2.1: Introduction
2.2: Early Chemistry in General Histories of Chemistry
2.3: Biographical Studies
2.4: Ancient Alchemy and Chemistry
2.5: The Paracelsians
2.6: Chemistry in the Scientific Revolution
2.7: New Studies on Lavoisier and the Chemical Revolution
3: Inorganic Chemistry
3.1: Introduction
3.2: Atoms and the Periodic Table
3.3: Uranium and Trans-uranics
3.4: Main Group Elements
4: Organic Chemistry
4.1: General
4.2: People
4.3: Organic Compounds
4.4: Reactions and Syntheses
4.5: Aromatic Chemistry
4.6: Stereochemistry
4.7: Analysis and Techniques
4.8: Natural Products
4.9: Polymers
5: Physical Organic Chemistry
5.1: The Nature of Physical Organic Chemistry
5.2: Robinson and Ingold: Electronic Theories and Reaction Mechanisms
5.3: Physical organic Chemistry in the United Kingdom
5.4: Physical organic Chemistry in Continental Europe
5.5: Physical Organic Chemistry in the U. S. A.
5.6: Free Radical Chemistry
5.7: Stereochemistry
5.8: Quantum Organic Chemistry
5.9: Biological Activity of Organic Compounds
: Classical Books and Review Articles
5.11: Miscellaneous
6: Physical Chemistry
6.1:General
6.2: Biographies
6.3: Electrochemistry
6.4: Thermochemistry
6.5: Chemical Statics and Dynamics
6.6: Valency and Structural Chemistry
6.7: Stereochemistry
6.8: Solutions
6.9: Colloid
Chemistry
6.10: Co-ordination Chemistry
7: Analytical Chemistry
7.1: General Works
7.2: Classical Methods
7.3: Organic Analysis and Microanalysis
7.4: Electroanalytical Methods
7.5: Chromatography and Electrophoresis
7.6: Spectroscopy
7.7: Thermal Methods of Analysis
7.8: Analytical Laboratories
7.9: Instrumentation
7.10: Industrial Analysis
7.11: Analytical Education
7.12: Analytical Chemistry in Society
8: Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry
8.1: Origins of Medical Chemistry
8.2: Contributions from Pharmacy
8.3: Pharmacology
8.4: Origins of
Biochemistry
8.5: Early Physiological Chemistry
8.6: Proteins and Peptides
8.7: Biochemistry since 1900
9: Instruments and Apparatus
9.1: Introduction
9.2: General Works
9.3: Instruments and Apparatus of Particular Chemists and Laboratories
9.4: Instruments and Apparatus by Type and Function
9.5: Museum and Laboratory Collections
9.6: Instrument Makers