Chemical sciences in the 20th century : bridging boundaries / / edited by C. Reinhardt

• Pubblicazione: Weinheim, [Germany] : , : Wiley-VCH, , 2001; ©2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (302 p.)
• Disciplina: 540
• Soggetto topico: Chemistry - History - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): ReinhardtC
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Chemical Sciences in the 20th Century; Foreword; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Disciplines, Research Fields, and their Boundaries; References and Notes; 1. Research Fields and Boundaries in Twentieth-Century Organic Chemistry; 1.1 Physical Organic Chemistry; 1.2 Physical Instrumentation and Organic Chemistry; 1.3 Bioorganic Chemistry; 1.4 Conclusion; References and Notes; Part I Theoretical Chemistry and Quantum Chemistry; 2. Theoretical Quantum Chemistry as Science and Discipline: Some Philosophical Remarks on a Historical Issue; 2.1 The Quarrel of the Faculties ; 2.2 Theoretical Quantum Chemistry: Establishing a New Science in the Twentieth Century2.3 Giovanni Battista Bonino: Pioneer of the New Science and Founder of a New Discipline in Italy; 2.4 Jean Barriol: The French Version; References and Notes; 3. Issues in the History of Theoretical and Quantum Chemistry, 1927-1960; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Re-thinking Reductionism or the Chemists' Uneasy Relation with Mathematics; 3.3 Convergence of Diverging Traditions: Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics; 3.4 The Role of Textbooks in Building a Discourse for Quantum Chemistry ; 3.5 The Ontological Status of Resonance3.6 The Status of the Chemical Bond; 3.7 The Impact of Computers in Quantum Chemistry: the Split of the Community; References and Notes; 4. Giovanni Battista Bonino and the Making of Quantum Chemistry in Italy in the 1930s; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Early Career; 4.3 Bonino and the Beginning of Infrared Spectroscopy in Italy; 4.4 The Scientific and Political Context; 4.5 Scientific Contacts in Germany and Austria, 1931-1934; 4.6 Early Contributions to Quantum Chemistry; 4.7 Bonino's Place within Contemporary Research ; 4.8 The Advent of Group Theory in Bonino's Work4.9 Bonino's Quantum Mechanical Concept of Coordination; 4.10 Encroaching Political Developments; 4.11 Conclusion; References and Notes; 5. Between Disciplines: Jean Barriol and the Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory in Nancy; 5.1 Inspirations; 5.2 Mathematics; 5.3 Quantum Chemistry; 5.4 Pragmatism; 5.5 The Foundations; 5.6 Experiment; 5.7 Jean Barriol's Theoretical Chemistry; References and Notes; Part II From Radiochemistry to Nuclear Chemistry and Cosmochemistry; 6. From Radiochemistry to Nuclear Chemistry and Cosmochemistry ; 6.1 Physical Evidence in Chemical Disciplines6.2 Identification and Production; 6.3 Natural Versus Artificial Elements; 6.4 Discipline Dynamics; References and Notes; 7. The Discovery of New Elements and the Boundary Between Physics and Chemistry in the 1920s and 1930s. The Case of Element 43 and 75; 7.1 Rhenium: A Success; 7.2 A Failure: Masurium; 7.3 A Comparison: From Hunting to Breeding; 7.4 The End of a Research Tradition; References and Notes; 8. The Search for Artificial Elements and the Discovery of Nuclear Fission; References and Notes ; 9. From Geochemistry to Cosmochernistry: The Origin of a Scientific Discipline, 1915-1955
• Sommario/riassunto: Chemistry in the last century was characterized by spectacular growth and advances, stimulated by revolutionary theories and experimental breakthroughs. Yet, despite this rapid development, the history of this scientific discipline has achieved only recently the status necessary to understand the effects of chemistry on the scientific and technological culture of the modern world.This book addresses the bridging of boundaries between chemistry and the other ""classical"" disciplines of science, physics and biology as well as the connections of chemistry to mathematics and technolog
• Titolo autorizzato: Chemical sciences in the 20th century
• ISBN: 1-281-84243-5; 9786611842437; 3-527-61273-4; 3-527-61274-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910143990703321
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