- Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 379 p.) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- Cathedrals of science (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Cathedrals of science (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-329) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2007048304
- OCLC
- ssj0000118791
- Author
Coffey, Patrick.
- Title
Cathedrals of science [electronic resource] : the personalities and rivalries that made modern chemistry / Patrick Coffey.
- Imprint
London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-329) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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