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A History of Chemistry (Hardcover)
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A History of Chemistry (Hardcover)
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From the earliest use of fire to forge iron tools to the medieval
alchemists' search for the philosopher's stone, the secrets of the
elements have been pursued by human civilization. But, as the
authors of this concise history remind us, "disciplines like
physics and chemistry have not existed since the beginning of time;
they have been built up little by little, and that does not happen
without difficulties." Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent and Isabelle
Stengers present chemistry as a science in search of an identity,
or rather as a science whose identity has changed in response to
its relation to society and to other disciplines. The
authors--respected, prolific scholars in history and philosophy of
science--have distilled their knowledge into an accessible work,
free of jargon. They have written a book deeply enthusiastic about
the conceptual, experimental, and technological complexities and
challenges with which chemists have grappled over many centuries.
Beginning with chemistry's polymorphous beginnings, featuring many
independent discoveries all over the globe, the narrative then
moves to a discussion of chemistry's niche in the
eighteenth-century notion of Natural Philosophy and on to its
nineteenth-century days as an exemplar of science as a means of
reaching positive knowledge. The authors also address contentious
issues of concern to contemporary scientists: whether chemistry has
become a service science; whether its status has "declined" because
its value lies in assisting the leading-edge research activities of
molecular geneticists and materials scientists; or whether it is
redefining its agenda. A History of Chemistry treats chemistry as a
study whose subject matter, the nature and behavior of
qualitatively different materials, remains constant, while the
methods and disciplinary boundaries of the science constantly
shift.
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