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082 _a540.9 COH-S
100 _aCohen, Stephen M.
245 _aO Mg! how chemistry came to be /
_cStephen M. Cohen
260 _aIndia
_bWorld Scientific
_c2022
300 _a212p.
500 _a"This book is a graphic introduction to how chemistry developed, from ancient times to now. Led by cartoon host, Ben Zene - with occasional interjections by eccentric Greek philosopher Democritos - readers learn about ancient Greek and Chinese elements, alchemists, and the development of chemistry as we know it today, from Robert Boyle and Antoine Lavoisier, from Elizabeth Fulhame and John Dalton, to Jöns Jakob Berzelius and Friedrich Wöhler, to Rosalind Franklin, Linus Pauling, and Mario Molina. The book delves into topics like nanochemistry, environmental chemistry, and how the structure of atoms and molecules was uncovered, all with good humor, bright colors, and lively drawings. There are occasional sidebars on chemical-related history and the arts, and factoids such as how President of the USA Herbert Hoover and President of Israel Chaim Weizmann influenced chemistry, how personal politics may have denied Gilbert Lewis the Nobel Prize, a Japanese tale of intrigue mingling with chemistry, and which chemist was the first living person to have an element named for him
650 _aChemistry.
650 _aChemistry--History--Comic books, strips, etc.
650 _aComics (Graphic works)
650 _aHistory.
650 _aYoung Learners
999 _c93513
_d93513