Nuclear chemistry alchemy

Alchemy—History. 2. Occultism—History. 3. Nuclear chemistry. 4. Alchemy in literature. I. Title. 

With the development of nuclear reactors and charged particle accelerators (commonly referred to as atom smashers ) over the second half of the twentieth century, the transmutation of one element into another has become commonplace. In fact some two dozen synthetic elements with atomic numbers higher than naturally occurring uranium have been produced by nuclear transmutation reactions. Thus, in principle, it is possible to achieve the alchemist s dream of transmuting lead into gold, but the cost of production via nuclear transmutation reactions would far exceed the value of the gold. SEE ALSO Alchemy Nuclear Chemistry Nuclear Fission Radioactivity Transactinides. 

Cover title Alchemy chemistry 1500-1900 catalogue of rare books.. The second volume Parts 3 4) is titled Foundations of nuclear physics and radio chemistry 1600-1945 is not relevant to this bibliography. 222 numbered entries on alcehmy, mostly of works in Latin and German. 

Irwin, Keith Gordon. The romance of chemistry, from ancient alchemy to nuclear fission. Illustrated by Anthony Ravielli. New York Viking P, 1959. 148p. 

Jaffe, Bernard. Crucibles the story of chemistry from ancient alchemy to nuclear fission. Rev. ed. ed. New York Simon and Schuster, 1948. xii, 480 p. 

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... 

Chemistry is the art of combining atoms. Nuclear physics is the science of the transmutation of the elements. Bombarding atomic nuclei by other atomic nuclei can produce transmutation of both target and projectile. Alchemy is thus nuclear, not atomic. 

Jaffe, B. Crucibles The Story of Chemistry, From Ancient Alchemy to Nuclear Fission. New York Dover, 1976. 

Cobb, Cathy, and Harold Goldwhite. Creations of Fire Chemistry s Lively History from Alchemy to the Atomic Age. New Y ork Basic Books, 2002. The authors, both chemists, describe the development of chemical knowledge—from the confusion of alchemists who tried to turn lead into gold to the onset of nuclear and quantum chemistry, where people learned to tame and harness the power of the atom. 

Crucibles The Story of Chemistry from Anaent Alchemy to Nuclear Fission, Bernard Jaffe, Simon and Schuster, Inc., New York. 1948. 

The Development of Modern Chemistry (1964), and Bernard Jaffe s Crucibles The Story of Chemistry from Ancient Alchemy to Nuclear Fission (1976). There are paperback versions of all of these books. A newer work that includes the advances in chemistry of the past 30 years is Trevor Levere s Transforming Matter A History of Chemistry from Alchemy to the Buekyball (2001). 

A Century of Chemistry, the Role of Chemists and the American Chemical Society, Kenneth M. Reese, ed. (American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C. 1976). Bernard Jaffe, Crucibles The Story of Chemistry from Ancient Alchemy to Nuclear Fission, 4th ed. (Dover, New York, 1976), p. 58. This same person, Jean-Francois... 

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