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Characters in chemistry : a celebration of the humanity of chemistry /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: American Chemical Society. Division of the History of Chemistry (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Patterson, Gary D. (Gary David), 1946- (Editor), Rasmussen, Seth C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, Ã2013.
Series:ACS symposium series ; 1136.
Subjects:
Chemists > Biography.
Chemistry > History.
Chemistry.
Chemistry > history
Chemistry
Chimie > Histoire.
Chimie.
chemistry.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Chemistry > General.
Chemists
Electronic books.
Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the humanity of chemistry
  • "Robert Bnsen's sweet tooth Bunseniana in the Oesper collections"
  • Who was the real Joseph Black?
  • The quaker rustic as natural philosopher : John Dalton and his social context
  • The chemistry of Lucrezia Borgia, et al
  • Sir William Crookes (1832-1919)
  • It's a gas! Sir Humphry Davy and his pneumatic investigations
  • Historical chemists in fiction
  • Yegor Yegorovich Vagner (1849-1903) a "wondrously sharpwitted" chemist
  • Martian chemists and characters
  • George Rosenkranz : a full-range "chemical character"
  • Paul John Flory : physical chemist and humanitari.