The Development of Chemistry: Classic Works 1789-1914 Contributor(s): Knight, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415179122 ISBN-13: 9780415179126 Publisher: Routledge
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: September 1998 Annotation: Featuring translations of Lavoisier, Berthollet and Wurtz as well as writings by English chemists such as Faraday and Boyle, this group of rare books and journal articles covers all aspects of the science as it stood between 1790 and 1898. Click for more in this series: Classic Books in the History of Science |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Chemistry - General - Science | Reference - Science | History |
Dewey: 540.94 |
LCCN: 98004837 |
Age Level: 18 |
Grade Level: 13 |
Series: Classic Books in the History of Science |
Physical Information: 4144 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This set covers a century's literature on discovery in chemistry, incorporating both classic works by eminent chemists (including Faraday and Boyle) and a selection of journal articles which present science to a general readership. It covers all aspects of the science: experimental, theoretical, pure and applied chemistry, and also chemical education. Since chemistry eveolved as a European science, the set includes books by chemists of various nationalities, in the best available translations. It allows the reader an overview of the development of the science through the eyes of notable participants communicationg their vision to contemporaries. |
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