He offers a different meta-phor.“From the frying pan into the fire,” quips the organo-metallic
chemist and soon-to-be National Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada.Not that …

“He has discovered the art of making fire, by which hard and stringy roots can be rendered
digesfible, and poisonous roots or herbs innocuous. This last discovery, probably the …

ofBoom and Bust explosives, making them more difficult to compress, and, as a result, there
have been no such misfired explosions for at least 5 years. Even before the work on weak …

Intrigued by the eruption of Vesuvius, which had been dormant for at least 300 years, Pliny
the Elder scrambled a couple of galleys and went to have a closer look. When his helmsman …

The discovery of fire 790,000 years ago must have been terrifying to cave men and
women.[1] Since that time, many people have died and much property has been destroyed …

I consider myself lucky that I work in the field of fire safety scientist as an experimentalist, and
over that 25-year period, I've had the joy of watching many different things burn. Fire is …

This attractive volume is a popular panoramic history of chemistry, physics, and metallurgy
from the beginnings of alchemy to the latest developments in the discovery of superheavy …

Mcntoring has a long and illustrious history. Its Western history begins with the Greek
philosophers. Mentoring was considered to encompass an enduring relationship between …

(Continued from page 735) annually. More research is needed on fire control systems,
architectural designs, medical treatment for smoke and bums, fire detection devices, the …

Progress in science has been marked through the ages by public airing of controversial
issues. Indeed, the rewards for innovative progress have included banishment …