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UNINA9910456157803321 |
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Autore |
Scerri Eric R |
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Titolo |
Selected papers on the periodic table [[electronic resource] /] / by Eric Scerri |
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London, : Imperial College Press |
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Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., c2009 |
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1-282-75996-5 |
9786612759963 |
1-84816-426-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 143 p. ) : ill |
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Disciplina |
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Periodic law |
Chemical elements |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Paper 1. Chemistry, spectroscopy, and the question of reduction -- Paper 2. The electronic configuration model, quantum mechanics and reduction -- Paper 3. The periodic table and the electron -- Paper 4. How good is the quantum mechanical explanation of the periodic system? -- Paper 5. Prediction and the periodic table -- Paper 6. L�owdin's remarks on the Aufbau principle and a philosopher's view of Ab Initio quantum chemistry -- Paper 7. Mendeleev's legacy -- Paper 8. The role of triads in the evolution of the periodic table : past and present -- Paper 9. The past and future of the periodic table -- Paper 10. The dual sense of the term "element," attempts to derive the Madelung rule, and the optimal form of the periodic table, if any. |
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Contains key articles by Eric Scerri, one of the leading authority on the history and philosophy of the periodic table of the elements. This book explores a range of topics such as the historical evolution of the periodic system as well as its philosophical status and its relationship to modern quantum physics. |
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UNINA9910782024603321 |
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Autore |
Holland Dorothy |
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Local democracy under siege [[electronic resource] ] : activism, public interests, and private politics / / Dorothy Holland ... [et al.] |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Political participation - North Carolina |
Political anthropology - North Carolina |
Political culture - North Carolina |
Democracy - North Carolina |
North Carolina Politics and government |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-284) and index. |
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Experimenting with democracy -- Landscapes in transition -- Hope, fear, and political autobiography -- Racial framing -- Public goods for private ends : the redirection of schooling -- Local politics and the contemporary American scene -- Imagining local futures : who sets priorities for the present? -- Public business as usual -- Against American plutocracy : democratizing our communities, one by one -- Counter experiments for democracy : activism on new political terrain -- It's up to us : from local politics to a democratic America? |
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2007 Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) Book Award Complete List of Authors:Dorothy Holland, Donald M. Nonini, Catherine Lutz, Lesley Bartlett, Marla Frederick-McGlathery, Thaddeus C. Guldbrandsen, and Enrique G. Murillo, Jr. What is the state of democracy at the turn of the twenty-first century? To answer this question, seven scholars lived for a year in five North Carolina communities. They observed public meetings of all sorts, had informal and formal interviews with people, and listened as people conversed with each other at bus stops and barbershops, soccer games and |
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