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PublisherSpringer
ISBN-101468464434
ISBN-139781468464436
eBay Product ID (ePID)175754636
Product Key Features
Number of PagesX, 286 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameHistory of Chemistry
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaNon-Classifiable
AuthorJohn Hudson
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight16.1 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition20
TitleLeadingThe
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal540.9
Table Of Content1 Early Processes and Theories.- 2 Alchemy.- 3 From Alchemy to Chemistry.- 4 Phlogistic and Pneumatic Chemistry.- 5 Lavoisier and the Birth of Modern Chemistry.- 6 The Chemical Atom.- 7 Electrochemistry and the Dualistic Theory.- 8 The Foundation of Organic Chemistry.- 9 The Karlsruhe Congress and its Aftermath.- 10 Organic Chemistry since 1860.- 11 Atomic Structure, Radiochemistry and Chemical Bonding.- 12 Inorganic Chemistry.- 13 Physical Chemistry.- 14 Analytical Chemistry.- 15 Chemistry and Society.- Appendix The Nobel Prize in Chemistry.- Name Index.
SynopsisThis book is written as a result of a personal conviction of the value of incorporating historical material into the teaching of chemistry, both at school and undergraduate level. Indeed, it is highly desirable that an undergraduate course in chemistry incorporates a separate module on the history of chemistry. This book is therefore aimed at teachers and students of chemistry, and it will also appeal to practising chemists. While the last 25 years has seen the appearance of a large number of specialist scholarly publications on the history of chemistry, there has been little written in the way of an introductory overview of the subject. This book fills that gap. It incorporates some of the results of recent research, and the text is illustrated throughout. Clearly, a book of this length has to be highly selective in its coverage, but it describes the themes and personalities which in the author's opinion have been of greatest importance in the development of the subject. The famous American historian of science, Henry Guerlac, wrote: 'It is the central business of the historian of science to reconstruct the story of the acquisition of this knowledge and the refinement of its method or methods, and-perhaps above all-to study science as a human activity and learn how it arose, how it developed and expanded, and how it has influenced or been influenced by man's material, intellectual, and even spiritual aspirations' (Guerlac, 1977). This book attempts to describe the development of chemistry in these terms.
LC Classification NumberH1-99
