AMBIX. The Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry. Vol. L, No. 1, March 2003.
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons LTD., 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto journal. Original printed wrappers. 144 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: Justus Liebig (1803-1873): Essays On The 200th Anniversary Of His Birth; Guest Editor: William H. Brock; In Memoriam Wilhelm Lewicki (1935-2001). Essays: Liebig, His University Professor Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Kastner (1783-1857), And His Problematic Relation With Romantic Natural Philosophy By Martin Krischke; Breeding Chemists In Giessen By William H. Brock; Liebig's Alkaloid Analyses: The Uncertain Route From Elemental Content To Molecular Formulae By Melvyn C. Usselman; Origins And Spread Of The "Giessen Model" In University Science By Alan J. Rocke. Reviews: Blackwell Companion To The Philosophy Of Science. Edited By W. H. Newton-Smith By Robin Findlay Hendry; Miroir De La Chimie. By Pierre Laszlo By Trevor H. Levere; Calciumcarbonat. Von Der Kreidezeit Ins 21. Jahrhundert. Edited F.Wolfgang Tegethoff, With Assistance Of Johannes Rohleder And Evelyn Kroker By Bernhard Fritscher; Madder Red: A History Of Luxury And Trade. Plant Dyes And Pigments In World Commerce And Art. By Robert Chenciner. By Ernst Homburg; Dangerous Energy: The Archaeology Of Gunpowder And Military Explosives Manufacture. By Wayne D. Cocroft By Brenda Buchanan; A History Of The International Chemical Industry. From The "Early Days" To 2000. By Fred Aftalion. By Harm G. Schröter; Povijest Kemije (= The History Of Chemistry). By Drago Grdenic. By Nenad Trinajstic; Auf Der Suche Nach Dem Stein Der Weisen. Die Geschichte Der Alchemie. By Hans-Werner Schütt. By Rudolf Werner Soukup; Les Alchimistes Grecs. Tome X: L'anonyme De Zuretti Ou L'art Sacré Et Divin De La Chrysopée Par Un Anonyme. Edited And Translated By Andrée Colinet By Bernard Joly; Aspects De La Tradition Alchimique Au Xviie Siècle. Edited By Frank Greiner.By Richard Maber; Padua And The Tudors: English Students In Italy, 1485-1603. By Jonathan Woolfson.By Richard Maber; Elements, Principles And Corpuscles: A Study Of Atomism And Chemistry In The Seventeenth Century. By Antonio Clericuzio.By John Henry; Isaac Beeckman: Atomista E Lettore Critico Di Lucrezio. By Benedino Gemelli. El Espectro De Demócrito: Atomismo, Disidencia Y Libertad De Pensar En Los Orígenes De La Ciencia Moderna. By Pedro De La Llosa.By Antonio Clericuzio; Heinrich Caro And The Creation Of Modern Chemical Industry. By Carsten Reinhardt And Anthony S. Travis By Sally M. Horrocks; The Natural Philosophy Of James Clerk Maxwell. By P. M. Harman By Frank A. J. L. James; Wilhelm Ostwald. Eine Kurzbiografie. By Jan-Peter Domsche And Karl Hansel By Regine Zott; The Daguerreotype: Nineteenth-Century Technology And Modern Science. By M. Susan Barger And William B. White By Joseph Wachelder; History Of The American Association Of Cereal Chemists, 1915-2000. By Raymond J. Tarleton By Paolo Palladino; Im Schatten Der Chemischen Synthese. Industrielle Biotechnologie In Deutschland (1900-1970). By Luitgard Marschall By Mikuláš Teich; The "Unacceptables". American Foundations And Refugee Scholars Between The Two Wars And After. Edited By Guiliana Gemelli By Ute Deichmann; Geschichte Der Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft Im Nationalsozialismus. Bestandaufnahme Und Perspektiven Der Forschung. Edited By Doris Kaufmann By Ulrich Marsch; Uncle Tungsten: Memories Of A Chemical Boyhood. By Oliver Sacks By Robert Ward; The Environmental Pendulum. A Quest For The Truth About Toxic Chemicals, Human Health, And Environmental Protection. By R. Allan Freeze By Sarah Wilmot. Short Notices: Electric Bodies: Episodes In The History Of Medical Electricity. Edited By Paola Bertucci And Guiliano Pancaldi By David Knight; Patently Female: From Azt To Tv Dinners, Stories Of Women Inventors And Their Breakthrough Ideas. By Ethlie Ann Vare And Greg Ptacek By Paula Gould; De Labschool Vereeuwigd. De Geschiedenis Van Het Laboratoriumonderwijs In De Twintigste Eeuw. By Arie Van Der Kooij, Jacques Heeren And Jan Tijmensen. Fine condition. Item #34642
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