Chemistry : the impure science /
Bensaude-Vincent, Bernadette.
Simon, Jonathan,1964-
London : Imperial College Press,
c2012.
Previous ed.: 2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Chemistry and its discontents -- Chemistry and pollution -- The damnation of the alchemist -- The space of the laboratory -- Proof in the laboratory -- Chemistry creates its object -- A duel between two conceptions of matter -- Chemistry versus physics -- Atoms or elements -- Positivism and chemistry -- Atoms as fictions -- Agency and relations -- Taming the nanoworld -- Towards a responsible chemistry.
Chemistry.
Chemistry