2019
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4.14
Average Rating
208
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This illustrated volume traces the major developments in chemistry and shows how it has driven civilization forward, from the smelting of metals, through alchemical experiments, to the creation of explosives, medicines and plastics.
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Author
Anne Rooney
Author · 44 books
Anne Rooney gained a degree and then a PhD in medieval literature from Trinity College, Cambridge. After a period of teaching medieval English and French literature at the universities of Cambridge and York, she left to pursue a career as a freelance writer. She has written many books for adults and children on a variety of subjects, including literature and history. She lives in Cambridge and is Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Essex.
