Book List
2007 National Chemistry Week – The Faces of Chemistry
American Chemical Society – Cleveland Section
Books & Videos Relating to the Experiments we did today showing Cleveland scientists and industry:
Plastics and Polymers Science Fair Projects by Madeline Goodstein – Why does silly putty stick to the
frig?; Why do diapers absorb so much ‘water’, What’s with natural rubber?
507.8 G629p
Aluminum by John Farndon – describes the discovery, properties, and uses of this most common metal
in the world 546.673 F23a
“How It’s Made, Episode Thirteen: Lithium batteries, bike helmets, aluminum”, Video, 670
H833013
Garrett Morgan: Inventor of the Traffic Light and Gas Mask by Patricia Murphy
B M821m AND “The Garrett Augustus Morgan Story”, Video B M821g Both tell the story of
Clevelander, son of an ex-slave, who developed the traffic light and gas mask.
I can be a Chemist by Paul Sipiera 540.23 Si75i
st
Gertrude Elion: Master Chemist (1 woman in Inventor’s Hall of Fame) by Stephanie St. Pierre B
EI43s
“Sites Unseen” WVIZ/PBS Video See places seldom seen in Greater Cleveland like the Salt Mines
917.713 Si86
Books about Cleveland History and Industry:
Two Centuries of Progress: A Bicentennial History of the Chemical Industry in Cleveland, 1796-1996
by R. Hamerla, Archives Committee of the Cleveland Section of the ACS 338.4766 H179t
Cleveland, Ohio by Regennia Williams 977.13200496 W675c
Cleveland: A Concise History, 1796-1996 by C. Miller & R. Wheeler 977.132 M612c2
The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History by David Van Tassel 977.132 En1902
Cleveland: an Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites by Daniel Bluestone 609.77132
H629c
John D. Rockefeller; the Heroic Age of American Enterprise by A. Nevins
338.04092 N417j
Cleveland: A History in Motion: Transportation, Industry, and Community in Northeast Ohio by
John & Diane Grabowski 977.132 G752ch
Thomas Edison, Chemist by Byron Vanderbilt, ACS 660.0973 V283t
Incandescent Lamp Manufacturers in Cleveland, 1884-1905 by E. Covington 338.47621326 C838i
Women in Cleveland: An Illustrated History by M. Morton 305.40977132 M846w