Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Torbern Bergman : the science, lives and friendship of two pioneers in chemistry /

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Author / Creator:Lennartson, Anders, author.
Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]
©2020
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 433 pages).
Language:English
Series:Perspectives on the history of chemistry
Perspectives on the history of chemistry.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12608270
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ISBN:9783030491949
3030491943
3030491935
9783030491932
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 16, 2020).
Summary: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 chemist and good friend, Torbern Bergman (1735-1784), was one of the pioneers in analytical and physical chemistry. In this carefully researched biography, the author, Anders Lennartson, explains the chemistry of Scheele and Bergman while putting their discoveries in the context of other 18th-century chemistry. Much of the information contained in this work is available in English for the first time.
Other form:Print version: 3030491935 9783030491932
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-030-49
10.1007/978-3-030-49194-9.

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