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Author : William R. Newman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226576978
In 'Atoms and Alchemy', William R. Newman provides a spirited defence of alchemy, awarding this ancient and much maligned field of endeavour an important place in the history of the Scientific Revolution.
Author : William R. Newman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226577036
Since the Enlightenment, alchemy has been viewed as a sort of antiscience, disparaged by many historians as a form of lunacy that impeded the development of rational chemistry. But in Atoms and Alchemy, William R. Newman—a historian widely credited for reviving recent interest in alchemy—exposes the speciousness of these views and challenges widely held beliefs about the origins of the Scientific Revolution. Tracing the alchemical roots of Robert Boyle’s famous mechanical philosophy, Newman shows that alchemy contributed to the mechanization of nature, a movement that lay at the very heart of scientific discovery. Boyle and his predecessors—figures like the mysterious medieval Geber or the Lutheran professor Daniel Sennert—provided convincing experimental proof that matter is made up of enduring particles at the microlevel. At the same time, Newman argues that alchemists created the operational criterion of an “atomic” element as the last point of analysis, thereby contributing a key feature to the development of later chemistry. Atomsand Alchemy thus provokes a refreshing debate about the origins of modern science and will be welcomed—and deliberated—by all who are interested in the development of scientific theory and practice.
Author : Fathi Habashi
Publisher : Sainte Foy, Quebec : Métallurgie Extractive Québec
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119952864
Author : Cathy Cobb,Harold Goldwhite
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781489927705
he history of chemistry is a story of human endeavor-and as er T ratic as human nature itself. Progress has been made in fits and starts, and it has come from all parts of the globe. Because the scope of this history is considerable (some 100,000 years), it is necessary to impose some order, and we have organized the text around three dis cemible-albeit gross--divisions of time: Part 1 (Chaps. 1-7) covers 100,000 BeE (Before Common Era) to the late 1700s and presents the background of the Chemical Revolution; Part 2 (Chaps. 8-14) covers the late 1700s to World War land presents the Chemical Revolution and its consequences; Part 3 (Chaps. 15-20) covers World War I to 1950 and presents the Quantum Revolution and its consequences and hints at revolutions to come. There have always been two tributaries to the chemical stream: experiment and theory. But systematic experimental methods were not routinely employed until the 1600s-and quantitative theories did not evolve until the 1700s-and it can be argued that modem chernistry as a science did not begin until the Chemical Revolution in the 1700s. xi xii PREFACE We argue however that the first experiments were performed by arti sans and the first theories proposed by philosophers-and that a rev olution can be understood only in terms of what is being revolted against.
Author : Ellsworth Newcomb,Hugh Kenny
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Chemistry
ISBN : MINN:319510007805670
Author : Interlibrum Buchantiquariat (Vaduz, Liechtenstein)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Chemistry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011670556
Author : Michel Cassé
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2003-08-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521821827
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Author : M. M. Pattison Muir
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547341413
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry" by M. M. Pattison Muir. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author : Natalie Goldstein,Margaret Christine Campbell
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781448847051
Provides a history of atoms, explores the properties and laws of chemicals, and discusses the new subatomic particles.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Alchemy
ISBN : CHI:48941313
Author : John Read
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0486286908
Broad, humanistic treatment focuses on great figures of chemistry and ideas that revolutionized the science. Much on alchemy, also development of modern chemistry, atomic theory, elements, organic chemistry, more. 50 illustrations.
Author : Karl Taylor Compton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1932*
Category : Atoms
ISBN : OCLC:19853945
Author : Bernard Jaffe
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486141848
Classic popular account of the great chemists Trevisan, Paracelsus, Avogadro, Mendeléeff, the Curies, Thomson, Lavoisier, and others, up to A-bomb research and recent work with subatomic particles. 20 illustrations.
Author : Interlibrum Buchantiquariat (Vaduz, Liechtenstein)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Chemistry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038804212
Author : Chris Woodford,Martin Clowes
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781448872053
Greek philosophers first hypothesized that matter was composed of atoms, but the theory would not resurface again until the late 17th century. The idea that that atoms joined to form structures called molecules first appeared in the 19th century and helped explain why gases, liquids, and solids behave differently from one another. In the 20th century subatomic particles were discoveredelectrons, protons, and neutronsand atomic structure was finally understood. These breakthroughs led to the development of quantum theory and quantum mechanics. This book details the inspiring and heroic discovery, delving deeply into intriguing stories, reviewing major scientific landmarks, and introducing readers to the vivid men and women who helped discover and map the microscopic universe that is the atom. Supplemental content includes an activity spread, a substantial and highly detailed timeline, and a list of key people with mini-biographies.