Caveman Chemistry
Title | Caveman Chemistry PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin M. Dunn |
Publisher | Universal-Publishers |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9781581125665 |
Half a million years ago our ancestors learned to make fire from scratch. They crafted intricate tools from stone and brewed mind-altering elixirs from honey. Their descendants transformed clay into pottery, wool into clothing, and ashes into cleansers. In ceramic crucibles they won metal from rock, the metals lead to colored glazes and glass. Buildings of brick and mortar enshrined books of parchment and paper. Kings and queens demanded ever more colorful clothing and accessories in order to out-class clod-hoppers and call-girls. Kingdoms rose and fell by the power of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal. And the demands of everyday folk for glass and paper and soap stimulated the first round of chemical industrialization. From sulfuric acid to sodium carbonate. From aniline dyes to analgesic drugs. From blasting powder to fertilizers and plastics. In a phrase, From Caveman to Chemist. Your guides on this journey are the four alchemical elements; Fire, Earth, Air and Water. These archetypical characters deliver first-hand accounts of the births of their respective technologies. The spirit of Fire, for example, was born in the first creature to cultivate the flame. This spirit passed from one person to another, from one generation to another, from one millennium to another, arriving at last in the pages of this book. The spirit of Earth taught folks to make tools of stone, the spirit of Air imparted knowledge of units and the spirit of Water began with the invention of spirits. Having traveled the world from age to age, who can say where they will find their next home? Perhaps they will find one in you.
Chemical Magic
Title | Chemical Magic PDF eBook |
Author | Leonard A. Ford |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 2012-09-19 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0486136736 |
Classic guide provides intriguing entertainment while elucidating sound scientific principles, with more than 100 unusual stunts: cold fire, dust explosions, a nylon rope trick, a disappearing beaker, much more.
The Survival Chemist: Vital Information for Anyone Who Wishes to Survive and Resist Any Threat to Their Freedom
Title | The Survival Chemist: Vital Information for Anyone Who Wishes to Survive and Resist Any Threat to Their Freedom PDF eBook |
Author | David A. Howard |
Publisher | Desert Publications |
Pages | 59 |
Release | 2006-11 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780879470593 |
The survival chemist brings survivalists important information on building and maintaining shelters, leather preservation, the making of explosives such as Dynamite, blasting and percussion powders, gunpowder, nitroglycerin and fuses. Other chapters cover water purification, survival foods, meat preservation, brewing your own beer and liquor, making poison gas, protecting against radiation, the use of drugs, and precious metals testing. 5.5 x 8.5, 59 pages, illus., & softcover.
God and the Folly of Faith
Title | God and the Folly of Faith PDF eBook |
Author | Victor J. Stenger |
Publisher | Prometheus Books |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1616145994 |
Looking at both historical and contemporary contexts, the author argues that religion has played a major role in suppressing scientific pursuit.
The Disappearing Spoon
Title | The Disappearing Spoon PDF eBook |
Author | Sam Kean |
Publisher | Little, Brown |
Pages | 333 |
Release | 2010-07-12 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0316089087 |
From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, finance, mythology, the arts, medicine, and more, as told by the Periodic Table. Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie's reputation? And why is gallium (Ga, 31) the go-to element for laboratory pranksters? The Periodic Table is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of adventure, betrayal, and obsession. These fascinating tales follow every element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, and in the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. The Disappearing Spoon masterfully fuses science with the classic lore of invention, investigation, and discovery -- from the Big Bang through the end of time. Though solid at room temperature, gallium is a moldable metal that melts at 84 degrees Fahrenheit. A classic science prank is to mold gallium spoons, serve them with tea, and watch guests recoil as their utensils disappear.
Creative Chemistry
Title | Creative Chemistry PDF eBook |
Author | Edwin Emery Slosson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | Chemistry, Technical |
ISBN |
Owsley and Me
Title | Owsley and Me PDF eBook |
Author | Rhoney Gissen Stanley |
Publisher | Monkfish Book Publishing |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 2013-04-12 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 098335894X |
Owsley and Me is a love story set against the background of the Psychedelic Revolution of the '60s. Owsley "Bear" Stanley met her in Berkeley in 1965, when LSD was still legal and he was the world's largest producer and distributor of LSD. Rhoney found herself working in an LSD laboratory, and the third corner in a love triangle. We all know the stories from the '60s—but never from the point of view of a woman finding her way through twisted trails of love, jealousy, and paranoia, all the while personally connecting to the most iconic events and people of her time. Bear supported the Grateful Dead in their early years and gave away as much LSD as he sold—millions of hits. He designed and engineered the infamous Wall of Sound system of the early '70s, just before he began his two years in prison, with Rhoney raising their infant son. He died one year ago, but the era he helped create is now being rediscovered by a new generation interested in the meaning of it all. Today Rhoney Stanley is a practicing holistic orthodontist in Woodstock, New York. This is her first book. Tom Davis was an Emmy Award–winning American writer and comedian. He is best known for being one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live and for his former partnership with Al Franken, as half of the comedy duo "Franken & Davis." His memoir Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss: The Early Days of SNL from Someone Who Was There was published in 2010 by Grove Press.