Light in style, this collection of essays about chemists and their discoveries will interest scientists, teachers, historians and laypeople.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
William H. Brock is a retired Professor of the History of Science. He read Chemistry at UCL before studying the History of Science at the University of Leicester where he later became a lecturer then a professor. He has published many papers and books including The Fontana History of Chemistry.
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Preface Part 1: Chemical Futures 1. The Case of the Poisonous Socks 2. Taste, Smell and Flavour 3. Tales of Hofmann 4. Liebig on Toast 5. The Future of Research at the Royal Institution (London) and the Smithsonian Institution (Washington) 6. The Future of Chemistry in 1901 7. The Alchemical Society 1912-1915 Part 2: Organizing Chemistry 8. Putting the "S" into the "Three R's" 9. The London Chemical Society 10. The State of Chemistry in Britain in 1846 11. The Laboratory Before and After Liebig 12. The Chemical Origins of Practical Physics 13. Chemical Algebra 14. The B Club 15. Chemistry By Discovery in a Phrase Part 3: A Cluster of Chemists 16. Amedeo Avogadro 17. Creating a Path through the Dark Forest of Organic Chemistry 18. August KekulÚ (1829-96): Theoretical Chemist 19. The Don Quixote of Chemistry: Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie (1817-1880) 20. The Epistle of Henry the Chemist 21. He Knew He Was Right - Fritz Haber 22. J. R. Partington (1886-1965): Physical Chemistry in Deed and Word 23. Henry Crookes, Founder of Crookes Laboratories 24. A Life of Magic Chemistry Part 4: Women in Alchemy and Chemistry 25. Women in Alchemy 26. Teaching Chemistry to Women 27. Musical Affinities 28. Edith Hilda Usherwood (1898-1988) and the Ingold Partnership Part 5: Chemical Books and Journal 29. The Fate of Eponymous Chemical Journals 30. The Lamp of Learning 31. "The Greatest Work which England has ever Produced": Henry Watts and the Dictionary of Chemistry 32. Chemistry in the Aquarium 33. Insurance Chemistry 34. Math for Chemists 35. The Chemistry of Pottery 36. Baker's Dozen Part 6: Lost to Chemistry 37. They Also Ran 38. Who Was Crookes's Musician-Chemist? 39. The Chemist from Hanwell Asylum 40. George Du Maurier (1834-96) 41. Sir Stafford Cripps 42. C. P. Snow as a Physical Chemist Sources, Acknowledgements and Further Reading Index
Preface Part 1: Chemical Futures 1. The Case of the Poisonous Socks 2. Taste, Smell and Flavour 3. Tales of Hofmann 4. Liebig on Toast 5. The Future of Research at the Royal Institution (London) and the Smithsonian Institution (Washington) 6. The Future of Chemistry in 1901 7. The Alchemical Society 1912-1915 Part 2: Organizing Chemistry 8. Putting the "S" into the "Three R's" 9. The London Chemical Society 10. The State of Chemistry in Britain in 1846 11. The Laboratory Before and After Liebig 12. The Chemical Origins of Practical Physics 13. Chemical Algebra 14. The B Club 15. Chemistry By Discovery in a Phrase Part 3: A Cluster of Chemists 16. Amedeo Avogadro 17. Creating a Path through the Dark Forest of Organic Chemistry 18. August KekulÚ (1829-96): Theoretical Chemist 19. The Don Quixote of Chemistry: Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie (1817-1880) 20. The Epistle of Henry the Chemist 21. He Knew He Was Right - Fritz Haber 22. J. R. Partington (1886-1965): Physical Chemistry in Deed and Word 23. Henry Crookes, Founder of Crookes Laboratories 24. A Life of Magic Chemistry Part 4: Women in Alchemy and Chemistry 25. Women in Alchemy 26. Teaching Chemistry to Women 27. Musical Affinities 28. Edith Hilda Usherwood (1898-1988) and the Ingold Partnership Part 5: Chemical Books and Journal 29. The Fate of Eponymous Chemical Journals 30. The Lamp of Learning 31. "The Greatest Work which England has ever Produced": Henry Watts and the Dictionary of Chemistry 32. Chemistry in the Aquarium 33. Insurance Chemistry 34. Math for Chemists 35. The Chemistry of Pottery 36. Baker's Dozen Part 6: Lost to Chemistry 37. They Also Ran 38. Who Was Crookes's Musician-Chemist? 39. The Chemist from Hanwell Asylum 40. George Du Maurier (1834-96) 41. Sir Stafford Cripps 42. C. P. Snow as a Physical Chemist Sources, Acknowledgements and Further Reading Index
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