Chemical Discovery and Invention in the Twentieth Century

Download or read book Chemical Discovery and Invention in the Twentieth Century written by Wiliam A. Tilden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-17 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1919. Tilden discusses a compilation of chemical discovery and invention to demonstrate the progress of chemistry in the early 20th century. Divided into 5 sections, chemical laboratories and the work done in them, modern discoveries and theories, modern applications of chemistry, and modern progress in organic chemistry, the author presents an overview of the subject. The final section of the book contains an account of important discoveries which find practical applications and provide new views of the constitution of the world in which we live.