Before big science : the pursuit of modern chemistry and physics, 1800-1940 / Mary Jo Nye.
Before big science : the pursuit of modern chemistry and physics, 1800-1940 / Mary Jo Nye.
Before big science : the pursuit of modern chemistry and physics, 1800-1940 / Mary Jo Nye.
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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T0386572
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English
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xviii, 282 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Disciplinary Organization in Nineteenth-Century Chemistry and Physics -- 2. Dalton's Atom and Two Paths for the Study of Matter -- 3. The Electromagnetic View of Nature and a World of Ether -- 4. Thermodynamics, Thermochemistry, and the Science of Energy -- 5. Theory and Practice in Organic Chemi...
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 1999.
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England
Date Published
1999.
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Notable features of the book include an insightful analysis of the parallel trajectories of modern chemistry and physics and the work of scientists - such as John Dalton, Michael Faraday, Hermann von Helmholtz, Marie Curie, Ernest Rutherford, Dorothy Hodgkin, and Linus Pauling - who played prominent roles in the development of both disciplines....
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Before big science : the pursuit of modern chemistry and physics, 1800-1940 / Mary Jo Nye.
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Originally published: London : Prentice Hall International, 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-267) and indexes.
Transferred from N530.09034/3.
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T0386572
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080579512X (cloth : alk. paper)
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530.09034
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991005541909702626
