Physical Chemistry from Ostwald to Pauling (eBook)

The Making of a Science in America

John W. Servos (Autor)

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2021
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4418-0 (ISBN)

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John Servos explains the emergence of physical chemistry in America by presenting a series of lively portraits of such pivotal figures as Wilhelm Ostwald, A. A. Noyes, G. N. Lewis, and Linus Pauling, and of key institutions, including MIT, the University of California at Berkeley, and Caltech. In the early twentieth century, physical chemistry was a new hybrid science, the molecular biology of its time. The names of its progenitors were familiar to everyone who was scientifically literate; studies of aqueous solutions and of chemical thermodynamics had transformed scientific knowledge of chemical affinity. By exploring the relationship of the discipline to industry and to other sciences, and by tracing the research of its leading American practitioners, Servos shows how physical chemistry was eclipsed by its own offspring--specialties like quantum chemistry.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.5.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 8 line illustrations, 13 tables
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Physikalische Chemie
• Schlagworte: Activity Coefficient • Adsorption • Allgemeine Chemie • American Chemical Society • American Physical Society • Analytical Chemistry • andrew carnegie • aqueous solution • arrowsmith • Arthur Amos Noyes • Astronomy • astrophysics • Atom • atomic theory • Baker Chemical Laboratory • Bergman, Torbern • biochemist • Bunsen Gesellschaft • Calculation • California Institute of Technology • Career • Carnegie, Andrew • catalysis • Chemical affinity • Chemical Bond • Chemical change • Chemical engineer • chemical engineering • Chemical Foundation • Chemical Industry • chemical kinetics • chemical physics • chemical potential • chemical reaction • chemical substance • chemical thermodynamics • chemist • Chemistry • Chlorine • colloid • Columbia University • Coming Glass Company • Conductivity (electrolytic) • credential • crystal structure • Curriculum • Department of Chemistry (JU) • Determination • Dissociation (chemistry) • doctorate • Doctor of Philosophy • Du Pont Company • Eastman Kodak Company • Electrochemistry • electrolyte • electromotive force • Energetics • Engineering Education • free energies • Galvanic cell • General Education Board • Geology • Graduate school • guggenheim foundation • Harvard Medical School • Hoover, Herbert • Inorganic Chemistry • Inorganic compound • International Education Board • Ionization • irving langmuir • johns hopkins • Johnston, John • Josiah Willard Gibbs • Journal de chimie physique • Kopp, Hermann • Laplace • Law of Mass Action • laws of thermodynamics • Lecture • Leiden, University of • Linus Pauling • Liverpool, University of • Marsh, Othniel • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • mathematician • Measurement • melting point • Merle Randall • Metallurgy • Mixture • Molecule • National Academy of Sciences • Nernst, Walther • Newburyport • nitrogen • Nobel prize • Optical Glass • Organic Chemistry • organic compound • Osmotic Pressure • Ostwald, Wolfgang • Pauli, Wolfgang • Paul Walden • phase rule • Physical Chemistry • physicist • Prediction • Princeton University • principle of maximum work • Quantum Chemistry • quantum mechanics • reagent • Relative atomic mass • Requirement • Research Corporation • resonance • Robert S. Mulliken • Rodebush, Worth • Schmidt, Karl • Scientist • Soda lime • Solubility • solubility-product principle • Solution • Solvent • Specialization • Stockholm Hogskola • Strong electrolyte • Suggestion • Surface Science • Svante Arrhenius • Tammann, Gustav • Textbook • Theoretical Chemistry • theoretical physics • theory • thermodynamics • Thesis • Thomsen, Julius • Ultramicroscope • unit operations • Waage, Peter • Wiedemann, Gustav • Wilhelm Ostwald • William D. Coolidge • Wislicenus, Johannes • Writing • X-ray crystallography • year • Yerkes Observatory
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4418-5 / 1400844185
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4418-0 / 9781400844180