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  • The Matter Factory

    A History of the Chemistry Laboratory

    by Peter J. T. Morris ...
    From white coats to Bunsen burners the laboratory is a controlled space of experimentation, research and invention. But how have the desired functions of the laboratory influenced the way that the laboratory was constructed, laid out, equipped and operated? And how have developments in chemical practice or theory changed the laboratory and the way it is used? The Matter Factory offers a novel ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Henry Enfield Roscoe

    The Campaigning Chemist

    by Peter J.T. Morris, Peter Reed ...
    Little known today, Henry Enfield Roscoe was one of the most prominent chemists and educational reformers in Victorian Britain. Having studied in Heidelberg, he worked to transform English education by using Germany as a model. He made Owens College, Manchester, viable and converted it into Victoria University (now the University of Manchester). He then campaigned for the reform of technical ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Modern Age

    Edited by Peter J. T. Morris ...
    Series series The Cultural Histories Series
    A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Modern Age covers the period from 1914 to the present. The impact of chemistry and the chemical industry on science, war, society, and the economy has made this era the “Chemical Age”. Having prospered in the West, chemical science spread across the globe and slowly became more diversified in terms of its ethnic and gendered mix. After flourishing for sixty ... Read more

    $81.79 USD

  • Determinants in the Evolution of the European Chemical Industry, 1900–1939

    New Technologies, Political Frameworks, Markets and Companies

    Edited by Harm G. Schröter, Ernst Homburg, Peter J.T. Morris, Anthony S. Travis ...
    Series Book 16 - Chemists and Chemistry
    The editors wish to thank the European Science Foundation for its support of the programme on the Evolution of Chemistry in Europe, 1789-1939, as well as for sponsoring the publication of this volume. Through the subdivision of this initiative that deals specifically with chemical industry it has been possible for historians of science, technology, business and economics to share often widely ... Read more

    $215.09 USD

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  • The Making of Modern Science

    Science, Technology, Medicine and Modernity: 1789 - 1914

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  • Chemistry Department At Imperial College London, The: A History, 1845-2000

    by Hannah Gay, William Griffith ...
    This is the first comprehensive history of the chemistry department at Imperial College London. Based on archival records, oral testimony, published papers, published and unpublished memoirs, the book tells the story of this world-famous department from its foundation as the Royal College of Chemistry in 1845 to the large department it had become by the year 2000.The book covers research, teaching ... Read more

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  • Periodic Tales

    A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc

    by Hugh Aldersey-Williams ...
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  • Case of the Poisonous Socks

    Tales from Chemistry

    by William H Brock ...
    In 1868, The Times reported that poisons contained in dyes were affecting the public's health. A doctor informed a London magistrate that brilliantly coloured socks had caused severe "constitutional and local complaint" to several of his patients. In one case, a patient's foot had become so swollen that his boots had to be cut off. Respected chemist, William Crookes, offered to identify the poison ... Read more

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  • Rosalind Franklin

    The Dark Lady of DNA

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  • Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold

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