Chemistry : the impure science / Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Jonathan Simon.
Pubblicazione:
London : Imperial college press, c2012.
Descrizione fisica:
XVI, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction: chemistry and its discontents 2. Chemistry and pollution 3. The damnation of the alchemist 4. The space of the laboratory 5. Proof in the laboratory 6. Chemistry creates its object 7. A duel between two conceptions of matter 8. Chemistry versus physics 9. Atoms or elements 10. Positivism and chemistry 11. Atoms as fictions 12. Agency and relations 13. Taming the nanoworld 14. Towards a responsible chemistry. Bibliography. Index
