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The Renaissance of Science : The Story of the Atom and Chemistry

By: Ph.D. Albert Martini

... AGE of the FISCHERS, CALVIN, PERUTZ, KENDREW, HOPKINS, KREBS, LIPMANN, TODD, SANGER, PAULING, CHARGAFF, WILKINS, WATSON and CRICK on PHOTOSYNTHESIS, AMINO ACIDS, PROTEINS, the DOUBLE HELIX DNA MOLECULE and BIOCHEMISTRY AT LARGE. It took four years to write about the 2000-YEAR HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY and the various sciences. However, it actually required my entire professi...

... science of electrochemistry. Discovered potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, and others. Proved that hydrogen was the essential component of acids.   JOSEPH L. GAY-LUSSAC (1778-1850) French Chemist 132 Postulated the Law of Combining Volumes. Introduced the analytical method of titration. AMEDEO AVOGADRO (1776-1856) Italian Physicist 136 Introduced the ...

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