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Chemistry in context

Nature volume 359, pages 785–786 (1992)Cite this article

Ideas in Chemistry: A History of the Science.

By David Knight. Athlone: 1992. Pp. 213. £38. Science as Public Culture: Chemistry and Enlightenment in Britain, 1760-1820. By Jan Golinski. Cambridge University Press: 1992. Pp. 342. £32.50, $54.95. From Caveman to Chemist. By Hugh W. Salzberg. American Chemical Society/Royal Society of Chemistry: 1991. Pp. 294. $24.95, £18 (hbk); $14.95, £11 (pbk).

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