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Cathedrals of science : the personalities and rivalries that made modern chemistry /
- Title
- Cathedrals of science : the personalities and rivalries that made modern chemistry / Patrick Coffey.
- Author
- Coffey, Patrick.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Details
- Description
- xix, 379 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-329) and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780195321340 (alk. paper)
- 0195321340 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007048304
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library