From Classical To Modern Chemistry

Author : Peter J. T. Morris,Peter John Turnbull Morris,Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 0854044795

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From Classical to Modern Chemistry by Peter J. T. Morris,Peter John Turnbull Morris,Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain) Pdf

Most chemists today have either taken part in, or been affected by, the chemical revolution that has taken place over the course of the last century. Developments in instrumentation have changed not just what chemists do, but also how they think about chemistry. New and exciting areas of previously inaccessible research have been opened up as a direct result of this revolution. This is the first book to examine this instrumental revolution and goes on to assess the impact on chemical practice in areas ranging from organic chemistry and biochemistry to environmental analysis and process control, thus demonstrating how fundamental and extensive are the changes that have occurred. With contributions from internationally recognised specialists, this lavishly illustrated book provides a focal point for any historian of chemistry or chemist with an interest in this fascinating topic. This book is published in association with the Science Museum, London, UK and the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia.

Author : Arthur John Berry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Chemistry
ISBN : UCAL:B4456039

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Author : A. J. Berry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:488987721

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From Classical to Modern Chemistry by A. J. Berry Pdf

Author : Peter J. T. Morris
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350251571

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A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Modern Age by Peter J. T. Morris Pdf

A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Modern Age covers the period from 1914 to the present. The impact of chemistry and the chemical industry on science, war, society, and the economy has made this era the “Chemical Age”. Having prospered in the West, chemical science spread across the globe and slowly became more diversified in terms of its ethnic and gendered mix. After flourishing for sixty years, the chemical industry was impacted by the Oil Crisis of the 1970s and became almost invisible in the West. While the industry has clearly delivered many benefits to society-such as new materials and better drugs-it has been excoriated by critics for its impact on the environment. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Chemistry presents the first comprehensive history from the Bronze Age to today, covering all forms and aspects of chemistry and its ever-changing social context. The themes covered in each volume are theory and concepts; practice and experiment; laboratories and technology; culture and science; society and environment; trade and industry; learning and institutions; art and representation. Peter J. T. Morris is Honorary Research Associate at the Science Museum, London, and at University College London, UK Volume 6 in the Cultural History of Chemistry set. General Editors: Peter J. T. Morris, University College London, UK, and Alan Rocke, Case Western Reserve University, USA.

Author : David Knight
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780745657998

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The Making of Modern Science by David Knight Pdf

Of all the inventions of the nineteenth century, the scientist is one of the most striking. In revolutionary France the science student, taught by men active in research, was born; and a generation later, the graduate student doing a PhD emerged in Germany. In 1833 the word 'scientist' was coined; forty years later science (increasingly specialised) was a becoming a profession. Men of science rivalled clerics and critics as sages; they were honoured as national treasures, and buried in state funerals. Their new ideas invigorated the life of the mind. Peripatetic congresses, great exhibitions, museums, technical colleges and laboratories blossomed; and new industries based on chemistry and electricity brought prosperity and power, economic and military. Eighteenth-century steam engines preceded understanding of the physics underlying them; but electric telegraphs and motors were applied science, based upon painstaking interpretation of nature. The ideas, discoveries and inventions of scientists transformed the world: lives were longer and healthier, cities and empires grew, societies became urban rather than agrarian, the local became global. And by the opening years of the twentieth century, science was spreading beyond Europe and North America, and women were beginning to be visible in the ranks of scientists. Bringing together the people, events, and discoveries of this exciting period into a lively narrative, this book will be essential reading both for students of the history of science and for anyone interested in the foundations of the world as we know it today.

Author : Joachim Schummer,Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent,Brigitte van Tiggelen
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789812775856

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The Public Image of Chemistry by Joachim Schummer,Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent,Brigitte van Tiggelen Pdf

Stem cells have the ability to differentiate into cells that are found throughout the body. This fundamental property of stem cells suggests that they can potentially be used to replace degenerative cells within the body, and regenerate the functional capacity of organ systems that have deteriorated because of disease or aging. This authoritative textbook provides an overview of the latest advances in the field of stem cell biology, spanning topics that include nuclear reprogramming, somatic cell cloning, and determinants of cell fate; embryonic stem cells for hematopoietic and pancreatic repair; adult stem cells for cardiovascular, neural, renal, and hepatic repair; and manufacturing of stem cells for clinical use.

Author : D. Thorburn Burns,R. Klaus Müller,Reiner Salzer,Gerhard Werner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319121512

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Important Figures of Analytical Chemistry from Germany in Brief Biographies by D. Thorburn Burns,R. Klaus Müller,Reiner Salzer,Gerhard Werner Pdf

More than 80 personalities, in or from Germany, that over the centuries have shaped the development of analytical chemistry are introduced by brief biographies. These accounts go beyond summarising key biographical information and outline the individual's contributions to analytical chemistry. This richly illustrated Brief offers a unique resource of information that is not available elsewhere.

Author : Michael James Steuart Dewar
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Science
ISBN : UCAL:B3959017

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An Introduction to Modern Chemistry by Michael James Steuart Dewar Pdf

Author : Peter J. T. Morris,Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor of History and Distinguished University Professor Alan Rocke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-19
Category : Chemistry
ISBN : 9781474294928

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A Cultural History of Chemistry by Peter J. T. Morris,Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor of History and Distinguished University Professor Alan Rocke Pdf

The first detailed and authoritative survey of chemistry and its central role in society over the last 5000 years.

Author : Catherine M. Jackson
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262374484

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Molecular World by Catherine M. Jackson Pdf

A compelling and innovative account that reshapes our view of nineteenth-century chemistry, explaining a critical period in chemistry’s quest to understand and manipulate organic nature. According to existing histories, theory drove chemistry’s remarkable nineteenth-century development. In Molecular World, Catherine M. Jackson shows instead how novel experimental approaches combined with what she calls “laboratory reasoning” enabled chemists to bridge wet chemistry and abstract concepts and, in so doing, create the molecular world. Jackson introduces a series of practice-based breakthroughs that include chemistry’s move into lampworked glassware, the field’s turn to synthesis and subsequent struggles to characterize and differentiate the products of synthesis, and the gradual development of institutional chemical laboratories, an advance accelerated by synthesis and the dangers it introduced. Jackson’s historical reassessment emerges from the investigation of alkaloids by German chemists Justus Liebig, August Wilhelm Hofmann, and Albert Ladenburg. Stymied in his own research, Liebig steered his student Hofmann into pioneering synthesis as a new investigative method. Hofmann’s practice-based laboratory reasoning produced a major theoretical advance, but he failed to make alkaloids. That landmark fell to Ladenburg, who turned to cutting-edge theory only after his successful synthesis. In telling the story of these scientists and their peers, Jackson reveals organic synthesis as the ground chemists stood upon to forge a new relationship between experiment and theory—with far-reaching consequences for chemistry as a discipline.

Author : Salvatore Califano
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642281808

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Pathways to Modern Chemical Physics by Salvatore Califano Pdf

In this historical volume Salvatore Califano traces the developments of ideas and theories in physical and theoretical chemistry throughout the 20th century. This seldom-told narrative provides details of topics from thermodynamics to atomic structure, radioactivity and quantum chemistry. Califano’s expertise as a physical chemist allows him to judge the historical developments from the point of view of modern chemistry. This detailed and unique historical narrative is fascinating for chemists working in the fields of physical chemistry and is also a useful resource for science historians who will enjoy access to material not previously dealt with in a coherent way.

Author : Mary Jo Nye
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Science
ISBN : 0674063821

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Before Big Science by Mary Jo Nye Pdf

Notable features of the book include an insightful analysis of the parallel trajectories of modern chemistry and physics and the work of scientists - such as John Dalton, Michael Faraday, Hermann von Helmholtz, Marie Curie, Ernest Rutherford, Dorothy Hodgkin, and Linus Pauling - who played prominent roles in the development of both disciplines.

Author : Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent,Jonathan Simon
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781848168114

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Chemistry by Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent,Jonathan Simon Pdf

Introduces the central issues in the philosophy of chemistry. Mobilizing the theme of impurity, this book explores the tradition of chemistry's negative image. It argues for the positive philosophical value of chemistry, reflecting its characteristic practical engagement with the material world.

Author : Leo Slater
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780813546469

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War and Disease by Leo Slater Pdf

Malaria is one of the leading killers in the world today. Though drugs against malaria have a long history, attempts to develop novel therapeutics spanned the twentieth century and continue today. In this historical study, Leo B. Slater shows the roots and branches of an enormous drug development project during World War II. Fighting around the globe, American soldiers were at high risk for contracting malaria, yet quinine–a natural cure–became harder to acquire. A U.S. government-funded antimalarial program, initiated by the National Research Council, brought together diverse laboratories and specialists to provide the best drugs to the nation's military. This wartime research would deliver chloroquinine–long the drug of choice for prevention and treatment of malaria–and a host of other chemotherapeutic insights. A massive undertaking, the antimalarial program was to biomedical research what the Manhattan Project was to the physical sciences. A volume in the Critical Issues in Health and Medicine series, edited by Rima D. Apple and Janet Golden.

Author : William George Palmer
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Valence (Theoretical chemistry)
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Valency Classical and Modern by William George Palmer Pdf