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Objects of chemical inquiry / edited by Ursula Klein and Carsten Reinhardt.
Van Pelt Library TP155.7 .O235 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemical processes.
- Chemical engineering.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 382 pages ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Sagamore Beach, MA : Science History Publications/USA, 2014.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Unveiling Glass's Mysteries: Lavoisier, Loysel and the First Chemical Treatise on Glass (1765-1799) / Marco Beretta Beretta, Marco 1
- Chapter 2 Klaproth's Discovery of Uranium / Ursula Klein Klein, Ursula 21
- Chapter 3 Vinegar and Oil: Materials and Representation in Organic Chemistry / Alan J. Rocke Rocke, Alan J. 47
- Chapter 4 The Curious Case of Coniine: Constructive Synthesis and Aromatic Structure Theory / Catherine M. Jackson Jackson, Catherine M. 61
- Chapter 5 Alfred Nobel, "Creative Bricoleur" who Invented a Smokeless Military Powder (Ballistite) / Seymour H. Mauskopf Mauskopf, Seymour H. 103
- Chapter 6 Partial Valence, Residual Affinity, and Early Stereochemistry / Peter J. Ramberg Ramberg, Peter J. 141
- Chapter 7 Representing the Experimental Atom / Charlotte Bigg Bigg, Charlotte 171
- Chapter 8 Reactivity and its Contexts / Stephen J. Weininger Weininger, Stephen J. 203
- Chapter 9 Reaction Intermediates and Transition States States of Matter or Slates of Mind? / Mary Jo Nye Nye, Mary Jo 237
- Chapter 10 The Synergy of New Methods and Old Concepts in Modern Chemistry / Thomas Steinhauser Steinhauser, Thomas 259
- Chapter 11 Modeling the Scale of Atoms and Bonds: The Origins of Space-filling Parameters / Jeremiah James James, Jeremiah 281
- Chapter 12 The Olfactory Object: Toward a History of Smell in the 20th Century / Carsten Reinhardt Reinhardt, Carsten 321
- Chapter 13 From Enzymes to Molecular Machines: Materiality in Research on Rhodopsins, 1970s / Mathias Grote Grote, Mathias 343.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0881354600
- 9780881354607
- OCLC:
- 867916780
- Publisher Number:
- 99958864873
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