William Crookes (1832-1919) and the commercialization of science / William H. Brock.
Pubblicazione:
Aldershot : Ashgate, c2008.
Descrizione fisica:
XXVII, 556 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Serie:
Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction. Preliminary: A chemist at work. 1. A Tailor's son 2. Photographic chemist: the making of an editor 3. Earning a living 4. Thallium 5. Carbolic and cattle plague 6. Selling science (1865- 1875) 7. Spiritualism 8. Mysterious forces: investigating Mr Home 9. Chemistry is strictly a science of precision 10. The investigation of Florence Cook (1872- 1874) 11. Scandal: the investigations of Annie Eva Fay and Rosina Showers 12. The radiometer and its lessons: William Carpenter versus William Crookes 13. Dark spaces and the fourth state of matter 14. Ubi crux ibi lux: the business of electricity 15. The commercialization of public health: water 16. The commercialization of public health: adulteration, sewage and hygiene 17. Radiant spectroscopy: the rare earths crusade 18. Esoteric chemistry in the nineties 19. Inert gases and transmutations 20. The wheat problem 21. Radioactivity 22. Welsh gold and African diamonds 23. The grandold man of chemical physics (1907-1913) 24. The final years (1913-1919) 25. The afterlife. Appendices. Bibliography. Index
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