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Nationalizing Science. Adolphe Wurtz And The Battle For French Chemistry
Résumé
In 1869, Adolphe Wurtz (1817-1881) called chemistry "a French science." In fact, however, Wurtz was the most internationalist of French chemists. Born in Strasbourg and educated partly in the laboratory of the great Justus Liebig, he spent his career in Paris, where lie devoted himself to introducing German ideas into French scientific circles. His life therefore provides an excellent vehicle for considering the divergent trajectories of French and German chemistry - and, by extension, French and German science during the nineteenth century.
After looking at the early careers of Wurtz's two mentors, Liebig and Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Rocke describes Wurtz's life and career in die politically complex period leading up to 1853. He then discusses the turning point in Wurtz's intellectual life - his conversion to the "reformed chemistry" of Laurent, Gerhardt, and Williamson - and his efforts (social and political, as well as scientific) to persuade his colleagues of the advantages of the new chemistry. He examines the effects of political patronage (or the lack thereof) and of the French government's insufficient material support of chemistry during the middle decades of the century. From there Rocke goes on to examine the rivalry between Wurtz and Marcellin Berthelot, the debate over atoms versus equivalents, and the reasons for Wurtz's failure to win acceptance for his ideas. The story offers insights into the changing status of science in this period and helps to explain the eventual course of both French and German chemistry.
Sommaire
- The Rise of Justus Liebig
- The Rise of Jean-Baptiste Dumas
- The Education of an Alsatian Chemist
- Making a Career
- Covering the Bases
- Coming to Terms with Types
- The Campaign
- Berthelot
- Renovating Laboratory Science in France
- The Atomic War
- Later Years
- A Summing Up.
Caractéristiques
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Date de parution10/01/2001
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Editeur
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ISBN0-262-18204-1
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EAN9780262182041
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PrésentationRelié
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Nb. de pages443 pages
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Poids0.86 Kg
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Dimensions15,7 cm × 23,6 cm × 3,0 cm
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Biographie d'Alan-J Rocke
Alan J. Rocke is the Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor of History at Case Western Reserve University.Vous aimerez aussi
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