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1	The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America more books like this by Steven Johnson add to wishlist Bestselling author Johnson recounts the story of Joseph Priestley--scientist and theologian, protege of Benjamin Franklin--an 18th-century radical thinker who played pivotal roles in the invention of ecosystem science, the founding of the Unitarian Church, and the intellectual development of the U.S. see all copies from $4.75! new only from $4.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Madame Curie: A Biography more books like this by Eve Curie Labouisse, Eve Curie add to wishlist The professional triumphs and personal struggles of a pioneering woman scientist. Marie Sklodowska Curie (18671934) was the first woman scientist to win worldwide acclaim and was, indeed, one of the great scientists of the twentieth century. Written by Curies daughter, the renowned international activist Eve Curie, this biography chronicles Curies ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.55! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry from Ancient Alchemy to Nuclear Fission more books like this by Bernard Jaffe add to wishlist Classic popular account of the great chemists Trevisan, Paracelsus, Avogadro, Mendeleeff, the Curies, Thomson, Lawrence, and others, up to A-bomb research and recent work with subatomic particles. 20 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.33! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Louis Pasteur: Hunting Killer Germs more books like this by E A M Jakab add to wishlist Can Louis Pasteur's dog vaccine save nine-year old Joseph Meister? Savagely bitten 14 times by a rabid dog, Joseph is sure to die in agony from rabies. His desperate mother brings him to Pasteur's laboratory on July 6, 1885, and begs the famous French scientist to use his new rabies vaccine on the boy. But the vaccine has been tested only on dogs. ... see all copies from $14.56! new only from $61.95! \| SVS
5	Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium more books like this by Carla Killough McClafferty add to wishlist Marie Curie's life and work are given a fresh telling, one that also explores the larger picture of the effects of radium in world culture, and its exploitation and sad misuse. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.76! \| SVS
6	The Value of Learning: The Story of Marie Curie more books like this by Ann D Johnson, Stephen Pileggi (Illustrator) add to wishlist A brief biography emphasizing the importance of learning in the life of the scientist who was awarded the Nobel prize for her work in chemistry. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.95! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Madame Curie: A Biography more books like this by E Curie add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Lavoisier in the Year One: The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution more books like this by Madison Smartt Bell add to wishlist Antoine Lavoisier reinvented chemistry, overthrowing the long-established principles of alchemy and inventing a new terminology. Madison Smartt Bell's enthralling narrative reads like a race, as the circumstances that enabled Lavoisier to secure his reputation - a considerable fortune and social connections - also caused his glory to be cut short ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.94! \| first editions \| SVS
9	James B. Conant: Harvard to Hiroshima and the Making of the Nuclear Age more books like this by James Hershberg add to wishlist James B. Conant (1893-1978) was one of the giants of the American establishment in the twentieth century. President of Harvard University from 1933 to 1953, he was also a scientist who led the US government's effort to develop weapons of mass destruction, and his story mirrors the transition of the United States from isolationism to global ... see all copies from $2.31! new only from $32.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Discovery of the elements more books like this by Mary Elvira Weeks add to wishlist Collected reprints of a series of articles published in the Journal of Chemical Education. The story of the disclosure of the chemical elements, one by one, had never before been told in a connected manner. The author hopes that this volume renders a tribute to the honored men and women who helped reveal the hidden chemical elements and to ... see all copies from $24.26! new only from $24.26! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Linus Pauling: And the Chemistry of Life more books like this by Tom Hager add to wishlist Profiles the Nobel Prize-winning chemist who described the nature of chemical bonds, made important discoveries in the fields of quantum mechanics, immunology, and evolution, and used his scientific fame to help advance political causes. see all copies from $3.06! new only from $4.58! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Marie Curie: Scientist Who Made Glowing Discoveries more books like this by Mike Venezia (Illustrator) add to wishlist - The format of the series is unique, with humorous, cartoon-like original illustrations from the author. - This series is printed in a dozen different languages worldwide; more than two million copies of the English editions have been sold since its initial publication. - Special sales potential in museum gift shops. - Perfect for developing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.14! \| SVS
13 view cover	Marie Curie more books like this by Kathleen Krull, Boris Kulikov (Illustrator) add to wishlist Talk about a aglowing reputationa! Marie Curie, the woman who coined the term radioactivity, won not just one Nobel prize but twoain physics and in chemistry, both supposedly girl-phobic sciences. As with her previous star-studded biographies of Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, and Sigmund Freudaall three chosen as ALA Notable BooksaKathleen Krull ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| SVS
14 view cover	Mauve : how one man invented a colour that changed the world more books like this by Simon Garfield add to wishlist In his bestselling and widely praised Mauve, Simon Garfield tells the story of the forgotten scientific pioneer William Perkin, a man whose father didn't want him to become a chemist, and whose chemistry professor didn't want him to wreck his career in pursuit of a colour. By the age of 18, however, Perkin had made a discovery that would make him ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Marie Curie's Search for Radium Marie Curie's Search for Radium more books like this by Beverly Birch, Christian Birmingham, Robin Bell Corfield add to wishlist The story of how one woman's persistence and determination proved the existence of radium. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $3.16! \| first editions \| SVS
16	The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas' Horse: The Autobiography of Carl Djerassi more books like this by Carl Djerassi add to wishlist Father of the birth control pill, developer of antihistimines, founder of chemical companies, teacher of world-class chemists, best-selling novelist...as "The Scientist" notes, "Few can match Carl Djerassi's juggling act for success and longevity." Here is Djerassi's remarkable autobiography. Blending vivid descriptions of the lucrative world of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Antoine Lavoisier: Science, Administration and Revolution more books like this by Professor Arthur Donovan add to wishlist This biography represents a comprehensive, accessible account of the great eighteenth-century French chemist and administrator, Antoine Lavoisier. Historians of science know Lavoisier as a founder of modern chemistry. Students of the French Revolution know him as an important financier and administrator in the final decades of the old regime and ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $23.49! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Master Mind: The Rise and Fall of Fritz Haber, the Nobel Laureate Who Launched the Age of Chemical Warfare more books like this by Daniel Charles add to wishlist FRITZ HABER -- a Nobel laureate in chemistry, a friend of Albert Einstein, a German Jew and World War I hero -- may be the most important scientist you have never heard of. The Haber-Bosch process, which he invented at the turn of the twentieth century, revolutionized agriculture by converting nitrogen to fertilizer in quantities massive enough to ... see all copies from $3.37! new only from $3.97! \| first editions
19	Adventures of a Chemist Collector more books like this by Alfred Bader add to wishlist This is the autobiography of the distinguished chemist, art collector and philanthropist, Alfred Bader. Born in Vienna, Bader fled to England at the age of 14, ten months before the outbreak of World War II. Although a Jewish refugee from the Nazis, he was interned in 1940 and sent to a Canadian prisoner-of-war camp. In this book, he tells the ... see all copies from $6.31! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Women in Chemistry and Physics: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook more books like this by Louise S Grinstein (Editor), Rose K Rose (Editor), Miriam H Rafailovich (Editor) add to wishlist This volume includes extensive profiles, arranged alphabetically, of 75 women from different countries who have been influential in the development of chemistry and physics. Subjects were chosen on the basis of their advanced degrees, innovative research, influence in teaching, leadership in the profession and scholarly publications. Each profile ... see all copies from $37.29! new only from $208.74! \| SVS
21 view cover	Nationalizing Science: Adolphe Wurtz and the Battle for French Chemistry more books like this by Alan J Rocke add to wishlist In 1869, Adolphe Wurtz (1817-1884) called chemistry "a French science". In fact, however, Wurtz was the most internationalist of French chemists. Born in Strasbourg and educated partly in the laboratory of the great Justus Liebig, he spent his career in Paris, where he devoted himself to introducing German ideas into French scientific circles. His ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.98! \| first editions
22 view cover	Marie Curie: A Life more books like this by Susan Quinn add to wishlist One hundred years ago, Marie Curie discovered radioactivity, for which she won the Nobel Prize in physics. In 1911 she won an unprecedented second Nobel Prize, this time in chemistry, for isolating new radioactive elements. Despite these achievements, or perhaps because of her fame, she has remained a saintly, unapproachable genius. From family ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	A Well-Ordered Thing: Dmitrii Mendeleev and the Shadow of the Periodic Table more books like this by Michael D Gordin add to wishlist Though he's best known as the creator of the periodic table of elements, historian Gordin also details Mendeleev's complex relationship with the Russian Empire--from his attack on Spiritualism to his humiliation at the hands of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences to his failed voyage to the Arctic. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.50! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Marie Curie, a Life more books like this by Francoise Giroud add to wishlist Perhaps the most illustrious women of her era, Marie Curie is well-known for her Nobel Prize-winning research in physics and chemistry and for her discovery with husband Pierre of polonium and radium. Less familiar is the complex character of this renowned woman. While grounding her work in a historical context, the author provides a fresh human ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.70! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Curies: A Biography of the Most Controversial Family in Science more books like this by Denis Brian add to wishlist Focusing on the lives and relationships behind their magnificent careers, "The Curies" is the first biography to trace the entire Curie dynasty, from Pierre and Marie's fruitful union and achievements to the lives and accomplishments of their two daughters, Irene and Eve, and son in law Frederic Joliot Curie. Biographer Denis Brian digs deep ... see all copies from $2.64! new only from $3.59! \| first editions \| SVS

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