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ALSO BY RICHARD MORRIS

Achilles in the Quantum Universe: The Definitive History of Infinity

Artificial Worlds: Computers, Complexity, and the Riddle of Life

Big Questions: Probing the Promise and Limits of Science

Cosmic Questions: Galactic Halos, Cold Dark Matter and the End of

Time

Dismantling the Universe: The Nature of Scientific Discovery

The Evolutionists: The Struggle for Darwin’s Soul

The Nature of Reality: The Universe After Einstein

The Universe, the Eleventh Dimension, and Everything: What We Know

and How We Know It

Time’s Arrows: Scientific Attitudes Toward Time

Richard Morris

Joseph Henry Press

Washington, D.C.

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was created with the goal of making books on science, technology,

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Sciences and a leader in early American science.

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed

in this volume are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect

the views of the National Academy of Sciences or its affiliated institu-

tions.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Morris, Richard, 1939-2003

The last sorcerers : the path from alchemy to the periodic table /

Richard Morris.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-309-08905-0 (hbk.)—ISBN 0-309-50593-3 (PDF)

1. Chemistry—History. I. Title.

QD11.M86 2003

540'.9—dc22

2003014790

Printed in the United States of America

The Last Sorcerers - The Path from Alchemy to Periodic Table by Richard Morris (2003).pdf