An overview of the books that shaped or encapsulated the history of chemistry from ancient times through the 20th. century. Earlier periods through the 17th. century are devoted to only a few books each. Several great books of the 18th. and 19th. centuries are discussed. The 20th. century gets the widest coverage.
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