A well-ordered thing : Dmitrii Mendeleev and the shadow of the periodic table / Michael D. Gordin.
Edizione:
2. rev. ed
Pubblicazione:
Princeton : Princeton university press, c2019.
Descrizione fisica:
XX, 361 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List of figures. Preface to the revised edition. Preface. Note to the reader. 1. Introduction: Autocracy and Mr. Mendeleev 2. Elements of the system: building periodicity and a scientific Petersburg 3. The ideal gas lawyer: expanding science on the banks of the Neva 4. Chasing ghosts: spiritualism and the struggle for public knowledge 5. The great reaction: everyone against the Academy of sciences 6. The imperial turn: economics, evolution, and empire 7. Making Newtons: romantic journeys toward genius 8. Disintegration: fighting revolutions with faith 9. Conclusion: The many Mendeleevs. Acknowledgments to the revised edition. Notes. Bibliography. Index
