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What is a chemical element? : a collection of essays by chemists, philosophers, historians, and educators / Eric Scerri and Elena Ghibaudi.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemical elements.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- In this text, editors, Eric Scerri and Elena Ghibaudi offer a comprehensive overview of an important notion to the field of chemistry: the chemical element.
- Contents:
- The many questions raised by the dual concept of 'element' / Eric R. Scerri
- From simple substance to chemical element / Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent
- Dmitrii Mendeleev's concept of the chemical element prior to the Periodic Law / Nathan M. Brooks
- Referring to chemical elements and compounds : colourless airs in late eighteenth century chemical practice / Geoffrey Blumenthal, James Ladyman, and Vanessa Seifert
- The changing relation between atomicity and elementarity : from Lavoisier to Dalton / Marina P. Banchetti-Robino
- Origins of the ambiguity of the current definition of chemical element / Joseph E. Earley
- The existence of elements, and the elements of existence / Robin F. Hendry
- Kant, Cassirer, and the idea of chemical element / Farzad Mahootian
- The operational definition of the elements : a philosophical reappraisal / Joachim Schummer
- Substance and function : the case of chemical elements / Jean-Pierre Llored
- Making elements / Klaus Ruthenberg
- A formal approach to the conceptual development of chemical element / Guillermo Restrepo
- Chemical elements and chemical substances : rethinking Paneth's distinction / Sara N. Hjimans
- The dual conception of the chemical element : epistemic aspects and implications for chemical education / Elena Ghibaudi, Alberto Regis, and Ezio Roletto.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 30, 2020).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-750843-X
- 0-19-750844-8
- 0-19-093379-8
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