From Alchemy to Atomic Bombs

by Fathi Habashi

The book tells the story of the beginnings of chemistry and the extraction of metals from their ores, how these disciplines were reformed, developed, and became basic and applied sciences. In association with physicists, engineers, and technicians, chemists and metallurgists built the most terrible weapons of mass destruction. The book is in 365 pages with 220 illustrations, 30 of them in colour. ISBN 2-922-686-00-0. Published September 2002. Price $70 + postage.

Table of Contents

  1. Mythology
  2. The Four Elements
  3. Alchemy
  4. The Alchemists
  5. Reform in Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Metallurgy
  6. Discovery of Electricity
  7. Classification of the Elements
  8. The Modern Physics: Discovery of X-Rays
  9. Radioactivity: Chemistry and Physics United
  10. Uranium Fission
  11. Atomic Bombs
    Name Index
    Subject Index
 From Alchemy to Atomic Bombs