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In this brief, Mary Virginia Orna details the history of color from the chemical point of view. Beginning with the first recorded uses of color and ending in the development of our modern chemical industry, this rich yet concise exposition shows us how color pervades every aspect of our lives. Our consciousness, our perceptions, our useful appliances and tools, our playthings, our entertainment, our health, and our diagnostic apparatus – all involve color and are based in no small part on chemistry.

Chemistry. --- Color. --- Discoveries in science. --- Color --- Chemistry --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Inorganic Chemistry --- Physical & Theoretical Chemistry --- History. --- Chromatics --- Colour --- Inorganic chemistry. --- Physics. --- Inorganic Chemistry. --- History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. --- Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. --- Chemistry, inorganic. --- Inorganic chemistry --- Inorganic compounds --- Lasers. --- Photonics. --- New optics --- Optics --- Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation --- Masers, Optical --- Optical masers --- Light amplifiers --- Light sources --- Optoelectronic devices --- Nonlinear optics --- Optical parametric oscillators --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics

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Humans have been unpacking the earth to use pigments since cavemen times. Starting out from surface pigments for cave paintings, we've dug deep for minerals, mined oceans for colors and exploited the world of plants and animals. Our accidental fumbles have given birth to a whole family of brilliant blues that grace our museums, mansions and motorcars. We've turned waste materials into a whole rainbow of tints and hues to color our clothes, our food and ourselves. With the snip of a genetic scissor, we've harnessed bacteria to gift us with "greener" blue jeans and dazzling dashikis. As the pigments march on into the future, who knows what new and exciting inventions will emerge?Mary Virginia Orna, a world-recognized expert on color, will lead you through an illuminating journey exploring the science behind pigments. Pausing for reflections en route to share stories around pigment use and discoveries informed by history, religion, sociology and human endeavour, this book will have you absorbing science and regaling tales. Jam packed with nuggets of information, March of the Pigments will have the curiously minded and the expert scientist turning pages to discover more.

Color in art. --- Color --- Color (Philosophy) --- Coloring matter --- Colors. --- Pigments. --- Couleur (art) --- Couleur --- Couleur (philosophie) --- Colorants --- Couleurs. --- History.

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This Brief documents the life, discoveries and inventions of the chemist Carl Auer von Welsbach. Particular attention is given to his pioneering work on the rare earth elements, including the discovery of four new elements, which allowed him to develop new materials, to invent new useful devices and to establish major industries. From the invention of the incandescent gas mantle and first electric incandescent lamps with metal filaments to the first mass production of radium from pitchblende residues, readers will learn the story of his notable legacy to the word through the lens of his rare earths knowledge.

Chemists --- Auer v. Welsbach, Carl --- Chemistry. --- Entrepreneurship. --- Spectroscopy. --- Chemistry --- Technology --- History of Chemistry. --- Spectroscopy/Spectrometry. --- History of Technology. --- History. --- Auer von Welsbach, Carl, --- V. Welsbach, Carl Auer --- Von Welsbach, Carl Auer, --- Welsbach, Carl Auer von, --- Auer, Carl, --- Auer v. Welsbach, C. --- Auer von Welsbach, Karl, --- Chemistry-History. --- Technology-History. --- Entrepreneur --- Intrapreneur --- Capitalism --- Business incubators --- Analysis, Spectrum --- Spectra --- Spectrochemical analysis --- Spectrochemistry --- Spectroscopy --- Chemistry, Analytic --- Interferometry --- Optics --- Radiation --- Wave-motion, Theory of --- Absorption spectra --- Light --- Spectroscope --- Qualitative --- Spectrometry --- Chemistry—History. --- Technology—History. --- Analytical chemistry

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This brief offers a novel vision of the city of Florence, tracing the development of chemistry via the biographies of its most illustrious chemists. It documents not only important scientific research that came from the hands of Galileo Galilei and the physicists who followed in his footsteps, but also the growth of new disciplines such as chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, and biochemistry. It recounts how, in the Middle Ages, chemistry began as an applied science that served to bolster the Florentine economy, particularly in the textile dyeing industry. Later, important scientific collections founded by the ruling Medici family served as the basis of renowned museums that now house priceless artifacts and instruments. Also described in this text are the chemists such as Hugo Schiff, Angelo Angeli, and Luigi Rolla, who were active over the course of the following century and a quarter. The authors tell the story of the evolution of the Royal University of Florence, which ultimately became the University of Florence. Of interest to historians and chemists, this tale is told through the lives and work of the principal actors in the university’s department of chemistry.

Chemistry - General --- Chemistry --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- History. --- Physical sciences --- Chemistry-History. --- Italy-History. --- History of Chemistry. --- History of Science. --- History of Italy. --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Chemistry—History. --- Italy—History.