Table of Contents

THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY AND QUANTUM CHEMISTRY

Introduction to the History of Theorectical Chemistry and Quantum Chemistry

Issues in the History of Theoretical and Quantum Chemistry, 1927-1960

Italian-German Scientific Relations in the 1930s and the Making of Quantum Chemistry

Theoretical Chemistry in France after World War II

CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY

Introduction to the History of Chemistry and Biology

From Genetics to Biochemistry. The Experimental Design of Alfred Kühn's Ephestia System

Biotechnology Before the Biotech Revolution: Life Scientists, Chemists and Product Development in the 1930s and 1940s

Analysing Practices, Reconsidering Interdisciplinarity: (Bio)chemists and the History of Molecular Biology

RADIOCHEMISTRY, NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND ASTROCHEMISTRY

Introduction to the History of Radiochemistry, Nuclear chemistry and Astrochemistry

The Discovery of New Elements and the Boundary between Physics and Chemistry in the 1920s and 1930s

The Search for Artificial Elements and the Discovery of Nuclear Fission

From Geochemistry to Astro- and Cosmochemistry: A Historical Survey

SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY

Introduction to the History of Solid State Chemistry

The New Science of Materials: A Composite Field of Research

Polymer Science: From Chemistry to an Interdisciplinary Science

At the Boundaries: Michael Polany's Work on Surfaces and the Solid State

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The History of Organic Chemistry

About the Author

Carsten Reinhardt and Roald Hoffmann are the authors of Chemical Sciences in the 20th Century: Bridging Boundaries, published by Wiley.

Reviews

"Anyone seriously interested in the history of chemistry will want to read this book. Many practising chemists will enjoy dipping into it to find fascinating insights into the recent history of their own particular area, and it should be in all university libraries."

- Education in Chemistry, July 2002