Caveman Chemistry: 28 Projects, from the Creation of Fire to the Production of Plastics Dunn Kevin M.Paperback
Caveman Chemistry: 28 Projects, from the Creation of Fire to the Production of Plastics Dunn Kevin M.Paperback Half a million years ago our ancestors learned to make fire from scratch. Their…
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Caveman Chemistry: 28 Projects, from the Creation of Fire to the Production of Plastics Dunn Kevin M.Paperback
Half a million years ago our ancestors learned to make fire from scratch. Their descendants transformed clay into pottery, wool into clothing, and ashes into cleansers. They crafted intricate tools from stone and brewed mind-altering elixirs from honey.
Buildings of brick and mortar enshrined books of parchment and paper. In ceramic crucibles they won metal from rock, the metals lead to colored glazes and glass. 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