[PDF.47gs] Cathedrals of Science: The Personalities and Rivalries That Made Modern Chemistry

Cathedrals of Science: The Personalities and Rivalries That Made Modern Chemistry

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 | #695776 in Books |  2008-08-29 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.00 x.70 x9.30l,1.50 | File type: PDF | 400 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| fascinating|By eve|This book is great reading--I read it in about 2 sittings (and it's not short). Covers history of physical chemistry with emphasis on relationships between scientists, the World Wars, and the factors the contribute to recognition (or not) of scientific contributions. Essentially the whole discussion is of developments that will be familiar to undergraduate (e

In Cathedrals of Science, Patrick Coffey describes how chemistry got its modern footing-how thirteen brilliant men and one woman struggled with the laws of the universe and with each other. They wanted to discover how the world worked, but they also wanted credit for making those discoveries, and their personalities often affected how that credit was assigned. Gilbert Lewis, for example, could be reclusive and resentful, and his enmity with Walther Nernst may h...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Cathedrals of Science: The Personalities and Rivalries That Made Modern Chemistry   |  Patrick Coffey. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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