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Auteur(s) : Öhrström, Lars
Titre(s) : The last alchemist in Paris [Texte imprimé] : & other curious tales from chemistry / Lars Öhrström
Édition : 1st ed.
Publication : Oxford : Oxford university press, 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-257 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Comprend : Preamble : the periodic table and the Da Vinci Code ; Mr. Khama is coming to dinner
; From Bitterfeld with love ; The curious incident of the dog in the airship ; The
spy and the Saracen's secret ; Biopiracy : the curse of the nutmeg ; Death at number
29 ; Blue blooded stones and the prisoner in the crystal cage ; Diamonds are forever
and zirconium is for submarines ; Graphite valley : IT in the eighteenth-century
Lake District ; The emperor and Miss Smilla ; Rendezvous on the high plateau ;
The last alchemist in Paris ; Pardon my French : Captain Haddock and the sufferings
of the Savoyards ; Two brilliant careers ; War and vanity ; When state security
was a stinking business ; Bonaparte's bursting buttons : a thin story ; I told you
so, said Marcus Vitruvius Pollio ; A shiny surface and a tainted past ; The actress
and the spin doctor ; Of pea-soup, dangers of coffee in the morning, and the test
of Mr. Marsh ; To take back the future.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 228-241
"This is a book about discovery and disaster, exploitation and invention, warfare
and science--and the relationship between human beings and the chemical elements that
make up our planet. Lars Öhrström introduces us to a variety of elements from S
to Pb through tales of ordinary and extraordinary people from around the globe. We
meet African dictators controlling vital supplies of uranium; eighteenth-century explorers
searching out sources of precious metals; industrial spies stealing the secrets of
steel-making. We find out why the Hindenburg airship was tragically filled with hydrogen,
not helium; why nail-varnish remover played a key part in World War I; and the real
story behind the legend of tin buttons and the downfall of Napoleon. In each chapter,
we find out about the distinctive properties of each element and the concepts and
principles that have enabled scientists to put it to practical use."--Publisher's
website
Sujet(s) : Chimie -- Histoire
Alchimie -- Histoire
Découvertes scientifiques -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
540.9 (23e éd.) = Chimie et sciences connexes - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 019966109X. - ISBN 9780199661091 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb444904580
Notice n° :
FRBNF44490458
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