The 1702 Chair of Chemistry at Cambridge: Transformation and Change - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521828732 ISBN 13: 9780521828734

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

The University of Cambridge's 1702 chair of chemistry is the oldest continuously occupied chair of chemistry in Britain. This book's descriptions of the lives and work of the 1702 chairholders over the past three hundred years paint a vivid picture of chemistry being slowly transformed from alchemy into a major academic discipline. Containing personal memoirs and historical essays by acknowledged experts, this book will engage all readers interested in the pivotal role chemistry has played in the making of the modern world.

About this title

About the Author:

Mary Archer is a former Fellow and Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. She currently sits on the Chemistry Advisory Board and chaired the Tercentenary Steering Group in the Chemistry Department at the University of Cambridge.

Review:

"An important archive for Cambridge, the book should be in research libraries serving historians of science, chemistry, and education for the 300-year period. Highly recommended." CHOICE

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521828732
• ISBN 13: 9780521828734
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 340
• Editor: Archer Mary D., Haley Christopher D.