A SHORT HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY

Asimov, I. (1965). A Short History of Chemistry. Garden Cicy, NY Dnuhlcday. 

Krebs, Robert E. The history and use of our earth s chemical elements a reference guide. Westport (CT) Greenwood P, 1998. ix, 346p. ISBN 0-313-30123-9 A short history of chemistry — Atomic structure The periodic table of the chemical elements — Alkali metals and alkali earth metals - Transition elements metals to nonmetals — Metallics and metalloids - Metalloids and nonmetals — Halogens and noble gases - Lanthanide series (rare-earth elements) — Actinide, transuranic, and transactinide series... 

Asimov, Isaac. A short history of chemistry an introduction to the ideas and concepts of chemistry., 1965. 

As mentioned in the previous section titled A Short History of Chemistry, many scientists identified elements, determined their characteristics, similarities, and differences, and designed symbols for them. Using unique experiments, scientists devised ways to define the structure of atoms and determine atomic weights, sizes, and electrical charges as well as energy levels for atoms. 

The first sections of this reference book set the stage for the presentation of the elements. First is the section How to Use This Book followed by a short introduction. Next is A Short History of Chemistry, the narrative of which progresses from prehistoric times to the Age of Alchemy and then to the Age of Modern Chemistry. Next is the section titled Atomic Structure, which traces the history of our knowledge of the structure of the atom some theoretical models, including quantum mechanics the discovery of subatomic (nuclear) particles... 

A SHORT HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY (3rd edition), J.R. Partington. Classic exposition explores origins of chemistry, alchemy, early medical chemistry, nature of atmosphere, theory of valency, laws and structure of atomic theory, much more. 428pp. 5X x 8X. (Available in U.S. only) 65977-1 Pa. 10.95... 

Additional information on the history of atomic theory can be found in J. R. Partington, A Short History of Chemistry, 3rd ed., Macmillan, London, 1957, reprinted by Harper Row, New York, 1960, and in the Journal of Chemical Education. A more thorough treatment of the electronic structure of atoms is in M. Gerloch, Orbitals, Terms, and States, John Wiley Sons, New York, 1986. 

J. R. Partington was one of the founding fathers of the history of chemistry. His A Short History of Chemistry (1989) is an excellent introduction, while his encyclopedic four-volume A History of Chemistry (1961-1970) is a reference work that covers almost every topic in chemical history. 

Butterfield, The Origins of Modern Science, p. 211 Gillispie, The Edge of Objectivity, p. 218 Partington, A Short History of Chemistry, p. 150 Rodwell, On the Theory ot Phlogiston , p. 3. 

Partington, A Short History of Chemistry, p. 360, 3rd ed., Dover Publications, New York (1989) M.I. Sobel, Light, pp. 82 85, University of Chicago Press, Chicago (1987). 

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