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Cathedrals of Science

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020a9780199717460
020c40.43 (NL)
035aEBL415145
035a(OCoLC)265732288
040aAU-PeEL
040beng
040cAU-PeEL
040dAU-PeEL
050aQ180.55.D57C64 2008
082a540.9
100aCoffey, Patrick.
245aCathedrals of Science
245bThe Personalities and Rivalries That Made Modern Chemistry.
245h[electronic resource] :
260aOxford :
260bOxford University Press, USA,
260c2008.
300a1 online resource (400 p.)
500aDescription based upon print version of record.
505aContents; Prologue; 1 The Ionists: Arrhenius and Nernst; 2 Physical Chemistry in America: Lewis and Langmuir; 3 The Third Law and Nitrogen: Haber and Nernst; 4 Chemists at War: Haber, Nernst, Langmuir, and Lewis; 5 The Lewis-Langmuir Theory: Lewis, Langmuir, and Harkins; 6 Science and the Nazis: Nernst and Haber; 7 Nobel Prizes: Lewis and Langmuir; 8 Nuclear Chemistry: Lewis, Urey, and Seaborg; 9 The Secret of Life: Pauling, Wrinch, and Langmuir; 10 Pathological Science: Langmuir; 11 Lewis's Last Days; Epilogue; Sources and Acknowledgments; Suggested Reading; Endnotes; Index;
520aPrologue. 1. The Ionists- Arrhenius and Nernst. 2. Physical Chemistry in America- Lewis and Langmuir. 3. The Third Law and Nitrogen-Haber and Nernst. 4. Chemists at War-Haber, Nernst, Langmuir, and Lewis. 5. The Lewis-Langmuir Theoru-Lewis, Langmuir, and Harkins. 6. Science and the Nazis-Nernst and Haber. 7. Nobel prizes-Lweis and Langmuir. 8. Heavy Water, Acids and Bases, Plutonium-Lewis, Urey, and Seaborg. 9. The Secret of Life-Pauling, Wrinch, and Langmuir. 10. Pathological Science-Langmuir. 11. Lewis's Last Days. Epilogue. Endnotes. Sources, Acknowledgements, and Selected Bibliography
650a1875-1946.
650a1881-1957.
650a20th century.
650aChemical weapons.
650aChemistry.
650aChemists.
650aDiscoveries in science.
650aHistory.
650aLangmuir, Irving,.
650aLangmuir, Irving.
650aLewis, Gilbert Newton,.
650aMoral and ethical aspects.
650aPsychology.
650aScience.
650aScience.
650aChemistry.
655aElectronic books.
776aCoffey, Patrick
776dOxford : Oxford University Press, USA,c2008
776iPrint version:
776tCathedrals of Science : The Personalities and Rivalries That Made Modern Chemistry
776z9780195321340
856uhttp://www.cushing.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=415145
856zClick here to view book