Eilhard Mitscherlich : prince of Prussian chemistry / Hans-Werner Schütt ; William E. Russey translator.
Pubblicazione:
Washington : American chemical society and the Chemical heritage foundation, c1997.
Descrizione fisica:
XVI, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Serie:
History of modern chemical sciences ; 1069-2452
Note:
Tit. orig.: Eilhard Mitscherlich: Baumeister am Fundament der Chemie
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. 1. A Pastor's son from the Jeverland 2. Multiple courses of study 3. The status of mineralogy 4. The status of chemistry 5. The discovery of isomorphism 6. Accident or necessity? 7. The encounter with Berzelius 8. Stockholm: mecca for young chemists 9. Mitscherlich as Klaproth's successor 10. The character and family life of a difficult man 11. Friends and adversaries 12. Form and content: isomorphism, polymorphism and isomerism 13. The mystery of racemic acid, and French crystallographic research 14. Journeys 15. Chemical miscellanea 16. Volcanoes and glacial drift 17. Benzene, life blood of the organic chemical industry 18. A new way of looking at things in chemistry: ethers and theory of catalysis 19. What causes fermentation? 20. Mitscherlich as researcher 21. Mitscherlich as University teacher 22. Justus von Liebig and the state of chemistry in Prussia 23. The last years 24. Mitscherlich's significance for posterity. Journal abbreviations. Bibliography. Name index. Subject index
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