AMBIX. The Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry. Vol. XLIX, No. 1, March 2002.
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons LTD., 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto journal. Original printed wrappers. 96 pp. Ambix is the beautifully-produced journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (SHAC). "Founded in 1937, SHAC has consistently maintained the highest standards of scholarship in all aspects of the history of alchemy and chemistry from early times to the present." Articles: Forty Years Since Silent Spring: Historical Perspectives On The Pollution Of Water And Soil By Synthetic Chemicals, 1860-1960 Guest Editor: Anthony S. Travis Articles: Industrial Waste Disposal In The United States As A Historical Problem - Joel A. Tarr; Contaminated Earth And Water: A Legacy Of The Synthetic Dyestuffs Industry- Anthony S. Travis; Deregulation, Chemical Waste, And Ground Water: A 1949 Debate - Benjamin Ross And Steven Amter. Reviews: Reader's Guide To The History Of Science. Edited By Arne Hessenbruch. And Reviewed By John Hudson; Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest For The Elements. By Paul Strathern. Reviewed By H. A. M. Snelders; Gnosis And Hermeticism From Antiquity To Modern Times. Edited By Roelof Van Den Broek And Wouter J. Hanegraaff.By Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke; New Age Religion And Western Culture: Esotericism In The Mirror Of Secular Thought. By Wouter J. Hanegraaff. By Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke; Opuscule Tres-Eccelent De La Vraye Philosophie Naturelle Des Metaulx. By D. Zecaire, Edited By Renan Crouvizier. By François Roudaut; La Chimie De Nicolas Lemery. By Michel Bougard. By Antonio Clericuzio ; Colouring Textiles: A History Of Natural Dyestuffs In Industrial Europe. By Agustí Nieto-Galan. By Serge Chassagne ; Liebigs Lehrer Karl W.G. Kastner (1783-1857). Eine Professorenkarriere In Zeiten Naturwissenschaftlichen Umbuchs. By Martin Kirschke. By Christoph Friedrich; Emerson's Sublime Science. By Eric Wilson. By Ginette Verstraete; Louis Pasteur. By Patrice Debré, Translated By Elborg Foster. And The Private Science Of Louis Pasteur. By Gerald Geison. By James Strick; Fritz Haber 1868-1934: Eine Biographie. By Margit Szöllösi-Janze. By Carsten Reinhardt; Gold Aus Dem Meer: Die Forschungen Des Nobelpreisträgers Fritz Haber In Den Jahren 1922-1927. By Dietrich Stoltzenberg ; Marie Curie Et Le Nobel. By Karin Blanc. By Soraya Boudia; L'aluminium Français: L'invention D'un Marché, 1911-1983. By Florence Hachez-Leroy. By Muriel Le Roux; Proteins, Enzymes, Genes: The Interplay Of Chemistry And Biology. By Joseph S. Fruton By Pierre Laszlo; A Biography Of Distinguished Scientist Gilbert Newton Lewis. By Edward S. Lewis By Mary Jo Nye; Quantum Generations: A History Of Physics In The Twentieth Century. By Helge Kragh. By Jeff Hughes; The Chemists: Danish Chemical Communities And Networks, 1900-1940. By Anita Kildebæk Nielsen. By Ulrike Fell; Chemical Creativity: Ideas From The Work Of Woodward, Hückel, Meerwein, And Others. By Jerome A. Berson. By Alan Dronsfield; Robert Burns Woodward: Architect And Artist In The World Of Molecules. Edited By Otto Theodor Benfey And Peter J. T. Morris. By Colin A. Russell. Short Notice: Sir Charles Wheatstone Frs 1802-1875 by Brian Bowers. Fine condition. Item #34635
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