The eighteenth century has long been considered critical for the development of modern chemistry, yet many crucial features of the period remain largely unknown or unexplored, for general accounts--often built around Lavoisier--have remained quite selective. This volume presents new approaches and topics in an attempt to build a richer, fuller, more complex view of chemical work during the period. Themes include "late-phase" alchemy, professionalization, chemical education, and the links and relations between chemistry and pharmacy, medicine, agriculture, and geology.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
From the reviews:
"The book consists of nine papers, of which eight focus on topics, themes and subjects that have been neglected in the historiography to date . . It offers a manifesto for all those who believe that the eighteenth century has much more to tell us about the history of chemistry and, more broadly, of science than how to have a revolution and survive it. . it should be required reading for all historians of chemistry . ." (Georgette Taylor, Ambix, Vol. 56 (1), March, 2009)
Reihe
Auflage
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Research
Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 155 mm
Dicke: 12 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-90-481-7593-2 (9789048175932)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4020-6278-0
Schweitzer Klassifikation
A Revolution Nobody Noticed? Changes in Early Eighteenth-Century Chymistry.- Georg Ernst Stahl's Alchemical Publications: Anachronism, Reading Market, and A Scientific Lineage Redefined.- Chemistry without Principles: Herman Boerhaave on Instruments and Elements.- Practicing Chemistry "After the Hippocratical Manner": Hippocrates and the Importance of Chemistry for Boerhaave's Medicine.- Public Lectures of Chemistry in Mid-Eighteenth-Century France.- Apothecary-Chemists in Eighteenth-Century Germany.- The Aberdeen Agricola: Chemical Principles and Practice in James Anderson's Georgics and Geology.- Dr. Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808): Chemistry, Medicine, and Books in the French and Chemical Revolutions.- Refl ections: "A Likely Story".
