William Crookes (1832–1919) and the Commercialization of Science
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-25988-1 (ISBN)
William H. Brock, Emeritus Professor of History of Science, University of Leicester, UK
Contents: Introduction; Preliminary: a chemist at work; A tailor's son; Photographic chemist. The making of an editor; Earning a living; Thallium; Carbolic and cattle plague; Selling science, 1865-75; Spiritualism; Mysterious forces: investigating Mr Home; Chemistry is strictly a science of precision; The investigation of Florence Cook, 1872-74; Scandal: the investigations of Annie Eva Fay and Rosina Showers; The radiometer and its lessons: William Carpenter versus William Crookes; Dark spaces and the 4th state of matter; Ubi crux ibi lux. The business of electricity; The commercialization of public health: water; The commercialization of public health: adulteration, sewage and hygiene; Radiant spectroscopy. The rare earths crusade; Esoteric chemistry in the nineties; Inert gases and transmutations; The wheat problem; Radioactivity; Welsh gold and African diamonds; The grand old man of chemical physics, 1907-1913; The final years, 1913-1919; The afterlife; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
Erscheinungsdatum | 08.01.2017 |
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Reihe/Serie | Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945 |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 453 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Naturwissenschaften | |
Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
ISBN-10 | 1-138-25988-8 / 1138259888 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-25988-1 / 9781138259881 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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