Synopses & Reviews
Appropriate for undergraduate and graduate-level courses, this volume traces the development of a chemical language. Five self-contained sections define historical problems, covering language of alchemy, early chemical terminology, systematic nomenclature, chemical symbolism, and language of organic chemistry. "The authoritative text in its field."
Isis. 1962 edition.
Synopsis
Appropriate for undergraduate and graduate-level courses, this volume traces the development of a chemical language. Five self-contained sections define historical problems, covering language of alchemy, early chemical terminology, systematic nomenclature, chemical symbolism, and language of organic chemistry. The authoritative text in its field. — Isis. 1962 edition.