Characters in chemistry : a celebration of the humanity of chemistry /
Patterson, Gary D.(Gary David),1946-editor of compilation.
Rasmussen, Seth C.,editor of compilation.
American Chemical Society.Division of the History of Chemistry,sponsoring body.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction : the humanity of chemistry -- "Robert Bnsen's sweet tooth Bunseniana in the Oesper collections" -- Who was the real Joseph Black? -- The quaker rustic as natural philosopher : John Dalton and his social context -- The chemistry of Lucrezia Borgia, et al -- Sir William Crookes (1832-1919) -- It's a gas! Sir Humphry Davy and his pneumatic investigations -- Historical chemists in fiction -- Yegor Yegorovich Vagner (1849-1903) a "wondrously sharpwitted" chemist -- Martian chemists and characters -- George Rosenkranz : a full-range "chemical character" -- Paul John Flory : physical chemist and humanitari.
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Chemistry