Creations of Fire: Chemistry's Lively History from Alchemy to the Atomic Age Book

1	ca. 100,000-300 BCE: Prehistoric Chemist to Chemical Philosopher - The Seeds	3
2	ca. 300 BCE - 600 CE: Alexandria and Alchemy	27
3	ca. 200 BCE - 1000 CE: From Rome to Baghdad	51
4	ca. 1000-1200: Alchemy Translates from East to West	69
5	ca. 1300-1500: The Evolution of European Alchemy	89
6	ca. 1600: Philosophers of Fire	107
7	ca. 1700: The Search for System and Phlogiston	127
8	ca. 1700: Revolution!	151
9	ca. 1800-1848: Apres Le Deluge	171
10	ca. 1800-1848: The Professional Chemist	185
11	ca. 1848-1914: Thermodynamics - The Heat of the Matter	213
12	ca. 1830-1914: Organic Chemistry - Up from the Ooze	235
13	ca. 1848-1914: Inorganic Elements and Ions - New Earths and Airs	257
14	ca. 1848-1914: Analytical, Industrial, and Biochemistry - Creations of Coal	283
15	ca. 1914-1950: Quantum Chemistry - The Belly of the Beast	309
16	ca. 1914-1950: Polymers and Proteins: Links in the Chain	337
17	ca. 1914-1950: New Materials and Methods - Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Grow	359
18	ca. 1914-1950: Chemical Kinetics - Boom or Bust	377
19	ca. 1914-1950: Radiochemistry - Dalton Dissected	391
20	The Best Is Yet To Come	415
	Endnotes	431
	Annotated Bibliography	449
	Index	453