Perspectives on the History of Chemistry – serie
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Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Torbern Bergman
The Science, Lives and Friendship of Two Pioneers in Chemistry
Inbunden, 2020
1530 kr
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This book tells the story of two of the most important figures in the history of chemistry. Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786) was the first to prepare oxygen and realise that air is a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen; he also discovered many important organic and inorganic substances. His fellow …
How Glass Changed the World
Revised and Expanded
Inbunden, 2026
1748 kr
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This monograph explores the history and chemistry of glass technology, tracing its origins from antiquity through its evolution into a vital material for science and society. Beginning with early synthetic silica glass production around 2500 BCE, it examines its development up through the Roman …
Some Forgotten Chemists
Av Brian Halton
Inbunden, 2019
1639 kr
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This book comprises seventeen independent essays on little remembered chemists whose contributions have had significant impact on chemistry and society. Among these chemists, readers will find names such as Alexander Borodin and Sir William Crookes, whose fame is known but not their chemistry. In …
Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Torbern Bergman
The Science, Lives and Friendship of Two Pioneers in Chemistry
Häftad, 2021
1530 kr
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This book tells the story of two of the most important figures in the history of chemistry. Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786) was the first to prepare oxygen and realise that air is a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen; he also discovered many important organic and inorganic substances. His fellow …
150 Years of the Periodic Table
A Commemorative Symposium
Av Carmen J. Giunta, Vera V. Mainz m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
1748 kr
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This book provides an overview of the origins and evolution of the periodic system from its prehistory to the latest synthetic elements and possible future additions. The periodic system of the elements first emerged as a comprehensive classificatory and predictive tool for chemistry during the …
Pioneers of the London School of Medicine for Women (1874-1947)
Their Contributions and Interwoven Lives
Av Marelene Rayner-Canham, Geoff Rayner-Canham
Inbunden, 2022
1022 kr
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This book presents the pioneering role of the women chemists at the London School of Medicine for Women (LSMW). The account is placed within the framework of the long-forgotten background to the founding of this unique Institution, and the individuals whose lives came together to make it happen: …
Pioneers of the London School of Medicine for Women (1874-1947)
Their Contributions and Interwoven Lives
Av Marelene Rayner-Canham, Geoff Rayner-Canham
Häftad, 2023
1022 kr
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This book presents the pioneering role of the women chemists at the London School of Medicine for Women (LSMW). The account is placed within the framework of the long-forgotten background to the founding of this unique Institution, and the individuals whose lives came together to make it happen: …
Early Nineteenth Century Chemistry and the Analysis of Urinary Stones
Inbunden, 2023
2473 kr
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This book tells the story of how chemists, physicians, and surgeons attempted to end the problem of urinary stones. From the late eighteenth to the early nineteenth centuries, chemists wanted to understand why the body formed urinary, pancreatic, and other bodily stones. Chemical analysis was an …
Early Nineteenth Century Chemistry and the Analysis of Urinary Stones
Häftad, 2024
2473 kr
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This book tells the story of how chemists, physicians, and surgeons attempted to end the problem of urinary stones. From the late eighteenth to the early nineteenth centuries, chemists wanted to understand why the body formed urinary, pancreatic, and other bodily stones. Chemical analysis was an …
Global Synthetic Ammonia Industry
History and Developments
Inbunden, 2025
1422 kr
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This monograph is the first comprehensive historical overview of the global synthetic ammonia industry, highlighting its critical role in fixing nitrogen from the air in order to produce the fertilizers that support a significant portion of the world’s population. While the first part includes the …
Birth of the 3rd Dimension in Chemistry
Av Arthur Greenberg, David E. Lewis
Inbunden, 2025
1857 kr
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This contributed volume is based on presentations made at the 2024 Symposium on the sesquicentennial of the independent proposals of the tetrahedral carbon by van 't Hoff and Le Bel (1874), presented to the Division of the History of Chemistry of the American Chemical Society in March 2024. In …
From Heat to Thermal Science
A History of Thermodynamics
Inbunden, 2025
2183 kr
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This book explores the human understanding of heat, from early cultural perceptions to the scientific developments that shaped thermal science. Beginning with historical musings on heat, it traces the evolution of scientific thought from 16th-century Italy to the quantum understanding of heat in …
