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Brock W. H (William Hodson) |
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William Crookes (1832-1919) and the commercialization of science / / William H. Brock |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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ISBN |
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1-315-23404-1 |
1-351-87287-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (587 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Scientists - Great Britain |
Chemists - Great Britain |
Inventors - Great Britain |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. A tailor's son -- 2. Photographic chemist. The making of an editor -- 3. Earning a living -- 4. Thallium -- 5. Carbolic and cattle plague -- 6. Selling science, 1865-1875 -- 7. Spiritualism -- 8. Mysterious forces : investigating Mr Home -- 9. Chemistry is strictly a science of precision -- 10. The investigation of Florence Cook, 1872-1874 -- 11. Scandal : the investigations of Annie Eva Fay and Rosina Showers -- 12. The radiometer and its lessons : William Carpenter versus William Crookes -- 13. Dark spaces and the fourth state of matter -- 14. Ubi crux ibi lux : the business of electricity -- 15. The commercialization of public health : water -- 16. The commercialization of public health : adulteration, sewage and hygiene -- 17. Radiant spectroscopy : the rare earths crusade -- 18. Esoteric chemistry in the nineties -- 19. Inert gases and transmutations -- 20. The wheat problem -- 21. Radioactivity -- 22. Welsh gold and African diamonds -- 23. The grand old man of chemical physics, 1907-1913 -- 24. The final years, 1913-1919 -- 25. The afterlife. |
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