Elixir: A Parisian Perfume House and the Quest for the Secret of Life - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674250895ISBN-10:674250893UPC:9780674250895Book Category:Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, Chemistry, EuropeBook Topic:Industrial & Technical, FranceSize:8.60 x 5.79 x 1.22 inchesWeight:1.1111Product ID:SCXT3Y0KFJ
Elixir: A Parisian Perfume House and the Quest for the Secret of Life
A Financial Times and Scientific American Best Book of the Year.
A story of alchemy in Bohemian Paris, where two scientific outcasts discovered a fundamental distinction between natural and synthetic chemicals that inaugurated an enduring scientific mystery. For centuries, scientists believed that living matter possessed a special quality--a spirit or essence--that differentiated it from...Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674250895ISBN-10:674250893UPC:9780674250895Book Category:Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, Chemistry, EuropeBook Topic:Industrial & Technical, FranceSize:8.60 x 5.79 x 1.22 inchesWeight:1.1111Product ID:SCXT3Y0KFJ
Levitt, Theresa: - Theresa Levitt is the Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Professor of History at the University of Mississippi. She is the author of A Short Bright Flash and The Shadow of Enlightenment.
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