Author: Ernst von Meyer
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3112410742
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
No detailed description available for "A History of Chemistry. From Earliest Times to the Present Day".
A History of Chemistry. From Earliest Times to the Present Day
Author: Ernst von Meyer
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3112410742
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
No detailed description available for "A History of Chemistry. From Earliest Times to the Present Day".
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3112410742
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
No detailed description available for "A History of Chemistry. From Earliest Times to the Present Day".
The History of Chemistry
Author: John Hudson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1468464418
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
This book is written as a result of a personal conviction of the value of incorporating historical material into the teaching of chemistry, both at school and undergraduate level. Indeed, it is highly desirable that an undergraduate course in chemistry incorporates a separate module on the history of chemistry. This book is therefore aimed at teachers and students of chemistry, and it will also appeal to practising chemists. While the last 25 years has seen the appearance of a large number of specialist scholarly publications on the history of chemistry, there has been little written in the way of an introductory overview of the subject. This book fills that gap. It incorporates some of the results of recent research, and the text is illustrated throughout. Clearly, a book of this length has to be highly selective in its coverage, but it describes the themes and personalities which in the author's opinion have been of greatest importance in the development of the subject. The famous American historian of science, Henry Guerlac, wrote: 'It is the central business of the historian of science to reconstruct the story of the acquisition of this knowledge and the refinement of its method or methods, and-perhaps above all-to study science as a human activity and learn how it arose, how it developed and expanded, and how it has influenced or been influenced by man's material, intellectual, and even spiritual aspirations' (Guerlac, 1977). This book attempts to describe the development of chemistry in these terms.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1468464418
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
This book is written as a result of a personal conviction of the value of incorporating historical material into the teaching of chemistry, both at school and undergraduate level. Indeed, it is highly desirable that an undergraduate course in chemistry incorporates a separate module on the history of chemistry. This book is therefore aimed at teachers and students of chemistry, and it will also appeal to practising chemists. While the last 25 years has seen the appearance of a large number of specialist scholarly publications on the history of chemistry, there has been little written in the way of an introductory overview of the subject. This book fills that gap. It incorporates some of the results of recent research, and the text is illustrated throughout. Clearly, a book of this length has to be highly selective in its coverage, but it describes the themes and personalities which in the author's opinion have been of greatest importance in the development of the subject. The famous American historian of science, Henry Guerlac, wrote: 'It is the central business of the historian of science to reconstruct the story of the acquisition of this knowledge and the refinement of its method or methods, and-perhaps above all-to study science as a human activity and learn how it arose, how it developed and expanded, and how it has influenced or been influenced by man's material, intellectual, and even spiritual aspirations' (Guerlac, 1977). This book attempts to describe the development of chemistry in these terms.
A History of Chemistry from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day
Author: James Campbell Brown
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
A History of Chemistry
Author: Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674396593
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Presents chemistry as a science in search of an identity, or rather as a science whose identity has changed in response to its relation to society and other disciplines. This book discusses the conceptual, experimental, and technological challenges with wh
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674396593
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Presents chemistry as a science in search of an identity, or rather as a science whose identity has changed in response to its relation to society and other disciplines. This book discusses the conceptual, experimental, and technological challenges with wh
A Brief History of Chemistry
Author: Edited by: Kisak
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781519104328
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The history of chemistry represents a time span from ancient history to the present. By 1000 BC, civilizations used technologies that would eventually form the basis to the various branches of chemistry. Examples include extracting metals from ores, making pottery and glazes, fermenting beer and wine, extracting chemicals from plants for medicine and perfume, rendering fat into soap, making glass, and making alloys like bronze. The protoscience of chemistry, alchemy, was unsuccessful in explaining the nature of matter and its transformations. However, by performing experiments and recording the results, alchemists set the stage for modern chemistry. The distinction began to emerge when a clear differentiation was made between chemistry and alchemy by Robert Boyle in his work The Sceptical Chymist (1661). While both alchemy and chemistry are concerned with matter and its transformations, chemists are seen as applying scientific method to their work. Chemistry is considered to have become an established science with the work of Antoine Lavoisier, who developed a law of conservation of mass that demanded careful measurement and quantitative observations of chemical phenomena. The history of chemistry is also intertwined with the history of thermodynamics. This book gives a comprehensive current overview on the history of the science of chemistry.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781519104328
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The history of chemistry represents a time span from ancient history to the present. By 1000 BC, civilizations used technologies that would eventually form the basis to the various branches of chemistry. Examples include extracting metals from ores, making pottery and glazes, fermenting beer and wine, extracting chemicals from plants for medicine and perfume, rendering fat into soap, making glass, and making alloys like bronze. The protoscience of chemistry, alchemy, was unsuccessful in explaining the nature of matter and its transformations. However, by performing experiments and recording the results, alchemists set the stage for modern chemistry. The distinction began to emerge when a clear differentiation was made between chemistry and alchemy by Robert Boyle in his work The Sceptical Chymist (1661). While both alchemy and chemistry are concerned with matter and its transformations, chemists are seen as applying scientific method to their work. Chemistry is considered to have become an established science with the work of Antoine Lavoisier, who developed a law of conservation of mass that demanded careful measurement and quantitative observations of chemical phenomena. The history of chemistry is also intertwined with the history of thermodynamics. This book gives a comprehensive current overview on the history of the science of chemistry.
A Short History of Chemistry
Author: Francis Preston Venable
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
A History of Chemistry. from Earliest Times to the Present Day
Author: Ernst von Meyer
Publisher: de Gruyter
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
No detailed description available for "A History of Chemistry. From Earliest Times to the Present Day".
Publisher: de Gruyter
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
No detailed description available for "A History of Chemistry. From Earliest Times to the Present Day".
A History of Chemistry from Earliest Times to the Present Day
Author: Ernst von Meyer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
The Sceptical Chymist
Author: Robert Boyle
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752370815
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Sceptical Chymist by Robert Boyle
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752370815
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Sceptical Chymist by Robert Boyle
A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century, A.D.
Author: Prafulla Chandra Ray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description