From Alchemy To Chemistry In Picture and Story
John Hudson reviews this book dealing with the history of chemistry
Chemistry needs enthusiastic communicators, and this description applies to Arthur Greenberg. His book describes episodes in the long history of chemistry which are interesting, exciting, amusing or just plain odd.
The book is not, and does not claim to be, a comprehensive history of chemistry. The content consists of nearly 200 brief essays, grouped together in 10 chapters, accompanied by 350 in-text illustrations, 24 of which are reproduced as colour plates. Greenberg's stated aim is to 'provide an entertaining, attractive and informative tour through this history for high school and college chemistry teachers and students, practising professionals in science and medicine, as well as the lay public interested in science and appreciative of artwork and illustration'. The text will be accessible to anyone with some chemical knowledge, though I suspect a non-scientist would find some essays heavy going.
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