Learning the history of chemistry with audiobooks

I did analytical chemistry in a food nd water testing lab for over 30 years. Slowly I got interested in the historical development of modern chemistry, after hearing bits and pieces. Things really picked up in the 1770s with the discovery of oxygen

Short History of Nearly Everything 2-0 by Bill Bryson (2025) Chapter 9 The mighty atom starts with Dalton’s work. Then Cavendish, Rutherford, Thompson, Bohr,,etc The book doesn’t focus on chemicals, molecules or reactions. Bryson writes a lot about language and English and general history. From an earlier book I leaned why Isaac Newton treated Hooke so poorly.

Uncle Tungsten Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks