Derek B Lowe

Doesn't appear to be as good as "The Math Book", also in this series, but chemistry is harder to write about.

De la fabrication du bronze aux biotechnologies spatiales à l'horizon 2030, ce livre retrace en 250 grandes étapes l'histoire de la chimie

This book explores the world of chemistry in an accessible and easily digestible format. By putting down only the landmark findings of the field, it avoids being too long or heavily technical. Along the way, we get to see the names and faces of some of the luminaries of the field: Pauling, Crick, and Watson come to mind, but there are many others. At the end of the book are suggestions for further reading and an index. The book may show 250 Milestones, but it went by pretty quickly.