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Record Nr.

UNINA9910416138303321

Autore

Lennartson Anders

Titolo

Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Torbern Bergman : The Science, Lives and Friendship of Two Pioneers in Chemistry / / by Anders Lennartson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-49194-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 pages)

Collana

Perspectives on the History of Chemistry, , 2662-4591

Disciplina

540.922

Soggetti

Chemistry—History

Inorganic chemistry

History

History of Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry

History of Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 – Introduction -- Chapter 2 - Bergman and Scheele: Childhoods -- Chapter 3 - The two men -- Chapter 4 - Bergman's and Scheele's Education -- Chapter 5 - Bergman's early scientific career -- Chapter 6 - Bergman, Scheele and the Royal Academy of Sciences -- Chapter 7 - Bergman's geological work -- Chapter 8 - Scheele in Malmö -- Chapter 9 - Bergman becomes a chemist -- Chapter 10 - Scheele moves to Stockholm -- Chapter 11 - Bergman as a teacher -- Chapter 12 - Bergman's life as Professor -- Chapter 13 - Scheele in Uppsala -- Chapter 14 - New Mineral Acids -- Chapter 15 - New Metals -- Chapter 16 - The invitation to Berlin -- Chapter 17 - Bergman and the chemistry of mineral waters -- Chapter 18 - Research on carbon dioxide -- Chapter 19 - Scheele in Köping -- Chapter 20 - Bergman's work on elective attractions -- Chapter 21 - The discovery of oxygen -- Chapter 22 - Bergman's and Scheele's theories of elements and atoms -- Chapter 23 - Bergman as an analytical chemist -- Chapter 24 - Scheele's contribution to organic chemistry -- Chapter 25 - Bergman's contributions to minerology -- Chapter 26 - Bergman's



contribution to chemical numenclature -- Chapter 27 - Scheele's and Bergman's contributions to pharmaceutical chemistry -- Chapter 28 - The end of the story.

Sommario/riassunto

This book tells the story of two of the most important figures in the history of chemistry. Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786) was the first to prepare oxygen and realise that air is a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen; he also discovered many important organic and inorganic substances. His fellow chemist and good friend, Torbern Bergman (1735–1784), was one of the pioneers in analytical and physical chemistry. In this carefully researched biography, the author, Anders Lennartson, explains the chemistry of Scheele and Bergman while putting their discoveries in the context of other 18th-century chemistry. Much of the information contained in this work is available in English for the first time.