Chemistry and Modern Society. Historical Essays in Honor of Aaron J. Ihde

Content: Introduction / Aaron J. Ihde --
The intellectual basis of specialization : geochemistry in America, 1890-1915 / John W. Servos --
Synthetic petroleum from high-pressure coal hydrogenation / Anthony N. Stranges --
From unit operations to unit processes : ambiguities of success and failure in chemical engineerinlg / Jean-Claude Guédon --
Will milk make them grow? An episode in the discovery of the vitamins / Stanley L. Becker --
Charles Holmes Herty and the effort to establish an institute for drug research in post World War I America / John Parascandola --
Sulfanilamide and diethylene glycol / James Harvey Young --
The establishment of synthetic food color regulation in the United States, 1906-1912 / Sheldon Hochheiser--
The uric acid fetish : chemistry and deviant dietetics / James C. Whorton --
Chemical warfare research during World War I : a model of cooperative research / Daniel P. Jones.