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Lectures on the history of the development of chemistry since the time of Lavoisier

Lectures on the history of the development of chemistry since the time of Lavoisier

Ladenburg, A.

Paperback

Astronomy & SpaceChemistryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353800692
ISBN13: 9789353800697
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jul 1 2019
Pages: 392
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.87 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
From Lavoisier onwards, chemistry stopped being alchemy and became a modern science. Chemistry changed; the world followed. In these history of chemistry lectures, A. Ladenburg guides you through the decisive ideas, experiments, and arguments that reshaped matter into measurable law, beginning with the chemical revolution Lavoisier and moving into the laboratories and lecture halls that defined the eighteenth century chemistry and nineteenth century chemistry. Written with the clarity of a working chemist, this classic science lecture book reads like a brisk intellectual journey: how names, symbols, atomic weights, valency, structural formulas, and the periodic view emerged; how rival schools battled; and how the development of modern chemistry was built from patient measurement and daring theory. It is both an absorbing narrative for curious readers and a dependable chemistry history reference text for a history of science course, ideal for chemistry students reading beyond the textbook. As a complete lectures collection, it captures the evolution of chemical theory as it actually unfolded, step by step. First published in an era when the pioneers of modern research were still close at hand, Ladenburg's lectures remain a landmark in scientific historiography and a rewarding window onto how science remembers itself. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike, and a public domain classic edition to keep, gift, and return to, for the shelf and the mind, always.

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