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Cathedrals of science : the personalities and rivalries that made modern chemistry /

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 Theoru-Lewis, Langmuir, and Harkins. 6. Science and the Nazis-Nernst and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Coffey, Patrick
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xix, 379 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-329) and index.
ISBN:9780199717460
019971746X