The history of chemistry from ancient times to the end of the twentieth century. Textbook. Volume 1: Mittova, Samoilov

The training manual in an in -depth presentation presents the main topics of the educational lecture course “History and methodology of chemistry”. The authors have been considering the evolution of chemical knowledge from ancient times to the present day.
Particular attention in the book is paid to the analysis of the development and formation of fundamental concepts of chemical theory; A complex and prolonged transition from ancient atomism to modern teachings about the structure of a substance is traced in detail.
The first volume of the manual is devoted to the most important events in the history of chemistry of the classical period. It considers the contribution of the largest scientists and philosophers to the process of the formation of basic scientific concepts and theoretical representations from antiquity to the 60s. XIX century. The publication contains a large number of illustrations that contribute to a more visual reconstruction of the described events, as well as brief biographies of the most prominent scientists-chemists and thinkers of antiquity.
For teachers, students and graduate students of chemical faculties of classical universities, and that …

Author
Mittova Irina Yakovlevna, Samoilov Alexander Mikhailovich
Publisher
ID Intellect, 2012