Prometheans In The Lab: Chemistry And The Making Of The Modern World

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…excellent job of describing the chemical processes and their legacies-both beneficial and unintended

• Prometheans In The Lab: Chemistry And The Making Of The Modern World available on July 11 2023 from Indigo for 23.95
  
• ISBN bar code 9780071407953 ξ1 registered July 11 2023
  
• Product category is Book

• Sku # 978007140795
  

She never lets any of her characters be good or bad, just human. This humanity makes her stories gripping. I highly recommend this thoughtful and thought-provoking book. McGrayne successfully describes the ambiguous effects of chemical technology and the role that human strengths and frailties play on mitigating or exacerbating those effects.—Chemical & Engineering News …a compelling read.—Nature Sharon Bertsch McGrayne''s appealing collection of biographical essays reminds us how much we owe to chemistry. ­­—New Scientist On your next trip to the bookstore bypass the action adventure thrillers and seek out Prometheans in the Lab by Sharon McGrayne . . . I wish that (it) were twice its length. —­­PopularMechanics.com In this striking and readable collection of nine thumbnail biographies of heroic (and troubled) figures in the history of chemistry . . . McGrayne is conscientious about showing the downside of each chemical breakthrough, and the human flaws and ''features'' of each Promethean. ­­—Choice

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