Cathedrals of science : the personalities and rivalries that made modern chemistry / Patrick Coffey.
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TextPublisher: London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: xix, 379 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780195321340 (alk. paper); 0195321340 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Chemistry -- History -- 20th century | Chemists -- Biography | Discoveries in science | Chemists -- Psychology | Chemical weapons | Science -- Moral and ethical aspects | Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927 | Nernst, Walther, 1864-1941 | Langmuir, Irving, 1881-1957 | Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946 | Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934 | Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994 | Wrinch, Dorothy, 1894-1976DDC classification: 540 LOC classification: Q180.55.D57 | C64 2008QD21 | .C64 2008Online resources: Table of contents | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-329) and index.
The ionists: Arrhenius and Nernst -- Physical chemistry in America : Lewis and Langmuir -- The third law and nitrogen : Haber and Nernst -- Chemists at war : Haber, Nernst, Langmuir, and Harkins -- Science and the Nazis : Nernst and Haber -- Nobel prizes : Lewis and Langmuir -- Nuclear chemistry : Lewis, Urey, and Seaborg -- Secret of life : Pauling, Wrinch, and Langmuir -- Pathological science : Langmuir -- Lewis's last days.
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