BULLETIN FOR THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY

Volume 40, Number 1, 2015

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TITLE	Author	Page Number
Rediscovering Pyrotartaric Acid: A Chemical Interpretation of the Volatile Salt of Tartar	Guido Panzarasa	1
Introduction to an English Translation, "On the Different Explanations of Certain Cases of Isomerism" by Aleksandr Butlerov	David E. Lewis	9
Primary Documents. "On the Different Explanations of Certain Cases of Isomerism"	Mr. A. Boutlerow Translated by David E. Lewis	13
Why isn't Noble Gas Chemistry 30 Years Older? The Failed (?) 1933 Experiment of Yost and Kaye	Jay A. Labinger	29
Robert Percy Barnes: From Harvard to Howard University	Sibrina N. Collins	37
Science and Politics: A Case Study of the Croatian Chemical Journal	Nenad Raos	40
Early History of Polypyrrole: The First Conducting Organic Polymer	Seth C. Rasmussen	45

Book Reviews
The Lost Elements: The Periodic Table's Shadow Side Reviewed by Harry E. Pence	Marco Fontani, Mariagrazia Costa and Mary Virginia Orna 2014	56
Great Minds: Reflections of 111 Top Scientists Reviewed by David J. Caruso	Balazs Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai and Istvan Hargittai 2014	58

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