Chemical History -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1 Getting to Know History of Chemistry -- 1.1 Trends in History of Chemistry Literature -- 1.2 General Histories of Chemistry -- 1.3 Other General Works -- 1.4 Chemical Biographies -- 1.5 History of Chemistry and the Internet -- References -- Chapter 2 Chemistry Before 1800 -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Early Chemistry in General Histories of Chemistry -- 2.3 Biographical Studies -- 2.4 Ancient Alchemy and Chemistry -- 2.5 The Paracelsians -- 2.6 Chemistry in the Scientific Revolution -- 2.7 New Studies on Lavoisier and the Chemical Revolution -- References -- Chapter 3 Inorganic Chemistry -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Atoms and the Periodic Table -- 3.3 Uranium and the Trans-uranics -- 3.4 Main Group Elements -- 3.5 Transition Metals -- References -- Chapter 4 Organic Chemistry -- 4.1 General -- 4.2 People -- 4.3 Organic Compounds -- 4.3.1 Simple Organic Compounds -- 4.3.2 Organometallic Chemistry -- 4.3.3 Early Dyestuffs -- 4.3.4 Calixarenes -- 4.4 Reactions and Syntheses -- 4.5 Aromatic Chemistry -- 4.5.1 Kekulé and Benzene -- 4.5.2 Aromatic Substitution -- 4.5.3 Aromaticity and Non-benzenoid Aromatics -- 4.5.4 Fullerenes -- 4.5.5 Arynes -- 4.6 Stereochemistry -- 4.7 Analysis and Techniques -- 4.8 Natural Products -- 4.8.1 Aliphatic Amines, Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins -- 4.8.2 Nucleic Acids and DNA -- 4.8.3 Steroids -- 4.8.4 Carbohydrates -- 4.8.5 Cyclodextrins -- 4.8.6 Natural Pigments -- 4.8.7 Rubber -- 4.8.8 Alkaloids -- 4.8.9 Vitamins -- 4.8.10 The Chemistry of Life -- 4.9 Polymers -- References -- Chapter 5 Physical Organic Chemistry -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 The Nature of Physical Organic Chemistry -- 5.1.2 The Scope of this Chapter -- 5.2 Robinson and Ingold: Electronic Theories and Reaction Mechanisms -- 5.3 Physical Organic Chemistry in the United Kingdom.

5.4 Physical Organic Chemistry in Continental Europe -- 5.4.1 Germany -- 5.4.2 Russia -- 5.4.3 The Netherlands -- 5.4.4 Scandinavia -- 5.4.5 France -- 5.5 Physical Organic Chemistry in the USA -- 5.6 Free Radical Chemistry -- 5.7 Stereochemistry -- 5.8 Quantum Organic Chemistry -- 5.9 Biological Activity of Organic Compounds -- 5.10 Classical Books and Review Articles in Physical Organic Chemistry -- 5.11 Miscellaneous -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 6 Physical Chemistry -- 6.1 General -- 6.2 Biographies -- 6.3 Electrochemistry -- 6.4 Thermochemistry -- 6.5 Chemical Statics and Dynamics -- 6.6 Valency and Structural Chemistry -- 6.7 Stereochemistry -- 6.8 Solutions -- 6.9 Colloid Chemistry -- 6.10 Coordination Chemistry -- References -- Chapter 7 Analytical Chemistry -- 7.1 General Works -- 7.2 Classical Methods -- 7.3 Organic Analysis and Microanalysis -- 7.4 Electroanalytical Methods -- 7.5 Chromatography and Electrophoresis -- 7.6 Spectroscopy -- 7.6.1 Atomic Spectroscopy -- 7.6.2 Visible and Ultraviolet Absorption Spectroscopy -- 7.6.3 Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy -- 7.6.4 Mass Spectroscopy and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance -- 7.7 Thermal Methods of Analysis -- 7.8 Analytical Laboratories -- 7.9 Instrumentation -- 7.10 Industrial Analysis -- 7.11 Analytical Education -- 7.12 The Social Dimension of Analytical Chemistry -- References -- Chapter 8 Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry -- 8.1 Origins of Medical Chemistry -- 8.2 Contributions from Pharmacy -- 8.3 Pharmacology -- 8.4 Origins of Biochemistry -- 8.5 Early Physiological Chemistry -- 8.6 Proteins and Peptides -- 8.7 Biochemistry Since 1900 -- References -- Chapter 9 Instruments and Apparatus -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 General Works -- 9.3 Instruments and Apparatus of Particular Chemists and Laboratories -- 9.4 Instruments and Apparatus by Type and Function.

9.5 Museum and Laboratory Collections -- 9.6 Instrument Makers -- References -- Subject Index -- Name Index.