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Characters in chemistry : a celebration of the humanity of chemistry
Title
Characters in chemistry : a celebration of the humanity of chemistry / Gary D. Patterson, editor, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Seth C. Rasmussen, editor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota ; sponsored by the ACS Division of History of Chemistry.
ISBN
9780841228009 (alk. paper)
0841228000 (alk. paper)
Publication
Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, 2013.
Physical Description
pages cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 03, 2013
Series
ACS symposium series ; 1136
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : the humanity of chemistry
"Robert Bnsen's sweet tooth Bunseniana in the Oesper collections"
Who was the real Joseph Black?
The quaker rustic as natural philosopher : John Dalton and his social context
The chemistry of Lucrezia Borgia, et al
Sir William Crookes (1832-1919)
It's a gas! Sir Humphry Davy and his pneumatic investigations
Historical chemists in fiction
Yegor Yegorovich Vagner (1849-1903) a "wondrously sharpwitted" chemist
Martian chemists and characters
George Rosenkranz : a full-range "chemical character"
Paul John Flory : physical chemist and humanitari.
Subjects
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American Chemical Society. Division of the History of Chemistry, sponsoring body.
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