History of Chemistry
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Overview
David Knight covers the course of chemistry's intellectual and institutional history through carefully chosen episodes that display the complex mix of experiment, theory, application, social attitude, tradition, luck, and human quirkiness that have shaped chemistry's changing character. This delightfully written book should engage the attention of anyone interested in the interplay of science and ideas, whether a general reader, a student, a scientist, or historian of science.Editorials
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Taking the view that chemistry has become today a service science, providing solutions to problems in other disciplines, Knight (history of science, U. of Durham, England), recounts the transformations of the science, from occult alchemy through mechanistic materialism, experimental innovation, and other stages, to its reduced status. He emphasizes the interaction with other sciences, art, and society. Paper edition (unseen), $18. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
August 1, 1992
Publisher
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1992.
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780813518367