Chemistry for the Million

175 pp. CONTENTS: Preface; 1. Ancient Origins; 2. Alchemy; 3. The Metals; 4. The Chemical Revolution Begins; 5. Lavoisier; 6. The Earth's Atmosphere; 7. Oxygen; 8. Carbon Dioxide; 9. The Gifts of Ammon; 10. The Inert Gases; 11. The Primeval Element; 12. Gases, Liquids, and Solids; 13. Atoms and Molecules; 14. Water; 15. Chemical Change; 16. The Periodic Table; 17. The Anatomy of Atoms; 18. The Halogens; 19. The Nonmetals; 20. The Metalloids; 21. Carbon - Endless Creation; Glossary; Suggested Further Reading; Index.