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Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry from Ancient Alchemy to Nuclear Fission (4th Edition) by Bernard M. Jaffe Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 1976 ISBN-10: 0-486-23342-1 / 0486233421 ISBN-13: 978-0-486-23342-0 / 9780486233420 This book is a classic in the field of popular science. Standard reading since the 1930s, it is one of the few historeis of chemistry to concentrate on the lives of the great chemists. Through these dramatic and human stories, it gives an authoritative and entertaining account of the great discoveri |