Research Catalog

Title

The quiet revolution : Hermann Kolbe and the science of organic chemistry / Alan J. Rocke.

Author

Rocke, Alan J., 1948-

Publication

Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993.

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Details

Description

xiii, 501 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

California studies in the history of science

Uniform Title

California studies in the history of science.

Subject

• Kolbe, Hermann, 1818-1884
• Kolbe, Hermann, 1818-1884
• Kolbe, Hermann 1818-1884
• Kolbe, Hermann, (1818-1884)
• Kolbe, Hermann
• 1800-1899
• Geschichte 1800-1900
• Chemists > Germany > Biography
• Chemistry, Organic > Germany > History > 19th century
• Chemistry
• Chemistry
• Chemistry, Organic > history
• chemistry
• 35.01 history of chemistry
• Chemistry, Organic
• Chemists
• Geschichte
• Organische Chemie
• Organische chemie
• Chimistes > Allemagne > Biographies
• Chimie organique > Allemagne > 1789-1900
• Germany
• Deutschland

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• History
• Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Academic Chemistry in Early Nineteenth-Century Germany -- 2. Growing Up and Limbering Up -- 3. A Journeyman Chemist -- 4. Gerhardt and Wurtz -- 5. Early Years in Marburg -- 6. Confronting the Reform Movement -- 7. Kekule, Wurtz, and the Rise of Structure Theory -- 8. Carbonic Acid and Natural Types -- 9. The Great Break -- 10. The Theory of Chemical Structure and the Structure of Chemical Theory -- 11. Leipzig -- 12. Aromatic Chemistry -- 13. Life and Work in Leipzig -- 14. Pride and Prejudice -- Issues and Reflections.

ISBN

• 0520081102
• 9780520081109

LCCN

92028190

OCLC

• ocm26352145
• 26352145
• SCSB-2000054

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library