Thinking about matter : studies in the history of chemical philosophy /
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| Author / Creator: | Brooke, John Hedley. |
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| Imprint: | Aldershot, Hampshire ; Brookfield, Vt. : Variorum, 1995. |
| Description: | 1 v. (various pagings) ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Collected studies series ; CS502 Collected studies ; CS502. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2452103 |
Table of Contents:
- Chemists in their contexts: some recent trends in historiography
- "A sower went forth": Joseph Priestley and the ministry of reform
- Davy's chemical outlook: the acid test
- The superiority of nature's art? Vitalism, natural theology and the rise of organic chemistry
- Wöhler's urea and its vital force?-a verdict from the chemists
- Berzelius, the dualistic hypothesis, and the rise of organic chemistry
- Laurent, Gerhardt, and the philosophy of chemistry
- Organic synthesis and the unification of chemistry-a reappraisal
- Avogadro's hypothesis and its fate: a case-study in the failure of case-studies
- Doing down the Frenchies: how much credit should Kekulé have given?
- Index
