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The chemical choir : a history of alchemy / / P. G. Maxwell-Stuart
| The chemical choir : a history of alchemy / / P. G. Maxwell-Stuart |
| Autore | Maxwell-Stuart P. G. |
| Edizione | [Paperback edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, NY : , : Continuum, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 540.1 |
| Soggetto topico | Alchemy - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4411-4136-7
1-4411-8870-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half-title; Others; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Illustrations; Introduction; 1 China: The Golden Road to Immortality; 2 India: The Way of Tantra and Mercury; 3 Roman Egypt: The White and the Yellow Arising from Blackness; 4 The Islamic World: Balance and Magic Numbers; 5 Mediaeval Europe: Translations, Debates and Symbols; 6 The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Pretension, Fraud and Redeeming the World; 7 The Rosicrucian Episode and its Aftermath; 8 Theology Wearing a Mask of Science: The Later Seventeenth Century
9 Alchemy in an Age of Self-Absorption: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries10 A Child of Earlier Times: The Twentieth Century; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Plates 1; Plates 2; Plates 3; Plates 4; Plates 5; Plates 6; Plates 7 ; Plates 8 |
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Maxwell-Stuart P. G.
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| London ; ; New York, NY : , : Continuum, , 2012 | ||
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The chemical choir : a history of alchemy / / P. G. Maxwell-Stuart
| The chemical choir : a history of alchemy / / P. G. Maxwell-Stuart |
| Autore | Maxwell-Stuart P. G. |
| Edizione | [Paperback edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, NY : , : Continuum, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 540.1 |
| Soggetto topico | Alchemy - History |
| ISBN |
1-4411-4136-7
1-4411-8870-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half-title; Others; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Illustrations; Introduction; 1 China: The Golden Road to Immortality; 2 India: The Way of Tantra and Mercury; 3 Roman Egypt: The White and the Yellow Arising from Blackness; 4 The Islamic World: Balance and Magic Numbers; 5 Mediaeval Europe: Translations, Debates and Symbols; 6 The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Pretension, Fraud and Redeeming the World; 7 The Rosicrucian Episode and its Aftermath; 8 Theology Wearing a Mask of Science: The Later Seventeenth Century
9 Alchemy in an Age of Self-Absorption: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries10 A Child of Earlier Times: The Twentieth Century; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Plates 1; Plates 2; Plates 3; Plates 4; Plates 5; Plates 6; Plates 7 ; Plates 8 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786912203321 |
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Maxwell-Stuart P. G.
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| London ; ; New York, NY : , : Continuum, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The chemical choir : a history of alchemy / / P. G. Maxwell-Stuart
| The chemical choir : a history of alchemy / / P. G. Maxwell-Stuart |
| Autore | Maxwell-Stuart P. G. |
| Edizione | [Paperback edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, NY : , : Continuum, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 540.1 |
| Soggetto topico | Alchemy - History |
| ISBN |
1-4411-4136-7
1-4411-8870-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half-title; Others; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Illustrations; Introduction; 1 China: The Golden Road to Immortality; 2 India: The Way of Tantra and Mercury; 3 Roman Egypt: The White and the Yellow Arising from Blackness; 4 The Islamic World: Balance and Magic Numbers; 5 Mediaeval Europe: Translations, Debates and Symbols; 6 The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Pretension, Fraud and Redeeming the World; 7 The Rosicrucian Episode and its Aftermath; 8 Theology Wearing a Mask of Science: The Later Seventeenth Century
9 Alchemy in an Age of Self-Absorption: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries10 A Child of Earlier Times: The Twentieth Century; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Plates 1; Plates 2; Plates 3; Plates 4; Plates 5; Plates 6; Plates 7 ; Plates 8 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827642303321 |
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Maxwell-Stuart P. G.
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| London ; ; New York, NY : , : Continuum, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Chemistry [[electronic resource] ] : the impure science / / Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Jonathan Simon
| Chemistry [[electronic resource] ] : the impure science / / Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Jonathan Simon |
| Autore | Bensaude-Vincent Bernadette |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
| Disciplina |
540
540.1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SimonJonathan <1964-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Chemistry
Chemistry - Philosophy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-60348-1
9786613784179 1-84816-829-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction: Chemistry and its Discontents; The Philosophy of Chemistry; The Image of Chemistry; The Goals of the Book; The Structure of the Book; Notes; Chapter 2 Chemistry and Pollution; Chemical versus Natural; Chemistry in Literature; Silent Spring; "Better Things for Better Living ... Through Chemistry"; Abundance and Waste; Courting Disaster; Artificial or Natural?; Notes; Chapter 3 The Damnation of the Alchemist; Magicians or Charlatans; In Defence of Artifice; Faustian Ambitions; From Extracts to Ersatz; Pure and Applied Chemistry
Artefacts as Hybrids of Nature and SocietyNotes; Chapter 4 The Space of the Laboratory; Chemical Recipe Books; A Space of Toil; Seeing at a Glance; A Purified Space; A Social Space; An Instrumental Space; Notes; Chapter 5 Proof in the Laboratory; Chemical Experiment as Public Spectacle; Instruments of Decision; The Power of Scepticism; The Price of Proof; The Limits of Proof; Notes; Chapter 6 Chemistry Creates its Object; The Different Meanings of Synthesis; From Simple to Complex; From Fictions to Artefacts; A Creative Process; Notes; Chapter 7 A Duel Between Two Conceptions of Matter The Ancient Concept of PhusisAtoms versus Elements: Two Rival Systems; Is Chemistry Aristotelian?; The Aporia of the Mixt; Mixts or Compounds, Stahl or Lavoisier; A Vexing Question; Notes; Chapter 8 Chemistry versus Physics; To Each Science its Ontology; The Ultimate Quest; No Matter Without Qualities; No Matter Without Agency; Notes; Chapter 9 Atoms or Elements; Mendeleev's Wager; Renewing Mendeleev's Wager; Who's Afraid of Reductionism?; Between the Macro and the Micro; Notes; Chapter 10 Positivism and Chemistry; A Variety of Positivisms; Chemistry as the Model for Positive Science Positivism as an Obstacle?Positivism versus Realism; Notes; Chapter 11 Atoms as Fictions; Writing Formulae; Types and Models; Agnostic Atomism; Atoms as Mediators; The Phenomenalist Response; The Instrumentalist Response; The Energetist Response; Notes; Chapter 12 Agency and Relations; Elements as Actors; Operational Realism; Alternative Metaphors; Notes; Chapter 13 Taming the Nanoworld; Bottom-Up versus Top-Down; Rational Design; Bio-Inspired Chemistry; The Return of Chemistry's Faustian Ambitions; The Rise of Chemistry's Philosophical Ambitions; Notes Chapter 14 Towards a Responsible ChemistryConcerns About the Future; From Chemist's Creed to Code of Conduct; From Prudence to Precaution; A New Chemical Culture?; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462507003321 |
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Bensaude-Vincent Bernadette
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| London, : Imperial College Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Chemistry [[electronic resource] ] : the impure science / / Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Jonathan Simon
| Chemistry [[electronic resource] ] : the impure science / / Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Jonathan Simon |
| Autore | Bensaude-Vincent Bernadette |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
| Disciplina |
540
540.1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SimonJonathan <1964-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Chemistry
Chemistry - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-281-60348-1
9786613784179 1-84816-829-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction: Chemistry and its Discontents; The Philosophy of Chemistry; The Image of Chemistry; The Goals of the Book; The Structure of the Book; Notes; Chapter 2 Chemistry and Pollution; Chemical versus Natural; Chemistry in Literature; Silent Spring; "Better Things for Better Living ... Through Chemistry"; Abundance and Waste; Courting Disaster; Artificial or Natural?; Notes; Chapter 3 The Damnation of the Alchemist; Magicians or Charlatans; In Defence of Artifice; Faustian Ambitions; From Extracts to Ersatz; Pure and Applied Chemistry
Artefacts as Hybrids of Nature and SocietyNotes; Chapter 4 The Space of the Laboratory; Chemical Recipe Books; A Space of Toil; Seeing at a Glance; A Purified Space; A Social Space; An Instrumental Space; Notes; Chapter 5 Proof in the Laboratory; Chemical Experiment as Public Spectacle; Instruments of Decision; The Power of Scepticism; The Price of Proof; The Limits of Proof; Notes; Chapter 6 Chemistry Creates its Object; The Different Meanings of Synthesis; From Simple to Complex; From Fictions to Artefacts; A Creative Process; Notes; Chapter 7 A Duel Between Two Conceptions of Matter The Ancient Concept of PhusisAtoms versus Elements: Two Rival Systems; Is Chemistry Aristotelian?; The Aporia of the Mixt; Mixts or Compounds, Stahl or Lavoisier; A Vexing Question; Notes; Chapter 8 Chemistry versus Physics; To Each Science its Ontology; The Ultimate Quest; No Matter Without Qualities; No Matter Without Agency; Notes; Chapter 9 Atoms or Elements; Mendeleev's Wager; Renewing Mendeleev's Wager; Who's Afraid of Reductionism?; Between the Macro and the Micro; Notes; Chapter 10 Positivism and Chemistry; A Variety of Positivisms; Chemistry as the Model for Positive Science Positivism as an Obstacle?Positivism versus Realism; Notes; Chapter 11 Atoms as Fictions; Writing Formulae; Types and Models; Agnostic Atomism; Atoms as Mediators; The Phenomenalist Response; The Instrumentalist Response; The Energetist Response; Notes; Chapter 12 Agency and Relations; Elements as Actors; Operational Realism; Alternative Metaphors; Notes; Chapter 13 Taming the Nanoworld; Bottom-Up versus Top-Down; Rational Design; Bio-Inspired Chemistry; The Return of Chemistry's Faustian Ambitions; The Rise of Chemistry's Philosophical Ambitions; Notes Chapter 14 Towards a Responsible ChemistryConcerns About the Future; From Chemist's Creed to Code of Conduct; From Prudence to Precaution; A New Chemical Culture?; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790309303321 |
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Bensaude-Vincent Bernadette
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| London, : Imperial College Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Chemistry [[electronic resource] ] : the impure science / / Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Jonathan Simon
| Chemistry [[electronic resource] ] : the impure science / / Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Jonathan Simon |
| Autore | Bensaude-Vincent Bernadette |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
| Disciplina |
540
540.1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SimonJonathan <1964-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Chemistry
Chemistry - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-281-60348-1
9786613784179 1-84816-829-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction: Chemistry and its Discontents; The Philosophy of Chemistry; The Image of Chemistry; The Goals of the Book; The Structure of the Book; Notes; Chapter 2 Chemistry and Pollution; Chemical versus Natural; Chemistry in Literature; Silent Spring; "Better Things for Better Living ... Through Chemistry"; Abundance and Waste; Courting Disaster; Artificial or Natural?; Notes; Chapter 3 The Damnation of the Alchemist; Magicians or Charlatans; In Defence of Artifice; Faustian Ambitions; From Extracts to Ersatz; Pure and Applied Chemistry
Artefacts as Hybrids of Nature and SocietyNotes; Chapter 4 The Space of the Laboratory; Chemical Recipe Books; A Space of Toil; Seeing at a Glance; A Purified Space; A Social Space; An Instrumental Space; Notes; Chapter 5 Proof in the Laboratory; Chemical Experiment as Public Spectacle; Instruments of Decision; The Power of Scepticism; The Price of Proof; The Limits of Proof; Notes; Chapter 6 Chemistry Creates its Object; The Different Meanings of Synthesis; From Simple to Complex; From Fictions to Artefacts; A Creative Process; Notes; Chapter 7 A Duel Between Two Conceptions of Matter The Ancient Concept of PhusisAtoms versus Elements: Two Rival Systems; Is Chemistry Aristotelian?; The Aporia of the Mixt; Mixts or Compounds, Stahl or Lavoisier; A Vexing Question; Notes; Chapter 8 Chemistry versus Physics; To Each Science its Ontology; The Ultimate Quest; No Matter Without Qualities; No Matter Without Agency; Notes; Chapter 9 Atoms or Elements; Mendeleev's Wager; Renewing Mendeleev's Wager; Who's Afraid of Reductionism?; Between the Macro and the Micro; Notes; Chapter 10 Positivism and Chemistry; A Variety of Positivisms; Chemistry as the Model for Positive Science Positivism as an Obstacle?Positivism versus Realism; Notes; Chapter 11 Atoms as Fictions; Writing Formulae; Types and Models; Agnostic Atomism; Atoms as Mediators; The Phenomenalist Response; The Instrumentalist Response; The Energetist Response; Notes; Chapter 12 Agency and Relations; Elements as Actors; Operational Realism; Alternative Metaphors; Notes; Chapter 13 Taming the Nanoworld; Bottom-Up versus Top-Down; Rational Design; Bio-Inspired Chemistry; The Return of Chemistry's Faustian Ambitions; The Rise of Chemistry's Philosophical Ambitions; Notes Chapter 14 Towards a Responsible ChemistryConcerns About the Future; From Chemist's Creed to Code of Conduct; From Prudence to Precaution; A New Chemical Culture?; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808699903321 |
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Bensaude-Vincent Bernadette
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| London, : Imperial College Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cocchio trionfale dell'antimonio / Basilio Valentino ; edizione del volgarizzamento settecentesco di Carlo Baci ; a cura di Mino Gabriele
| Cocchio trionfale dell'antimonio / Basilio Valentino ; edizione del volgarizzamento settecentesco di Carlo Baci ; a cura di Mino Gabriele |
| Autore | BASILIUS VALENTINUS |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Roma : Edizioni mediterranee, copyr. 1978 |
| Descrizione fisica | 144 p. ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina | 540.1 |
| Collana | Biblioteca ermetica |
| Soggetto topico | Alchimia |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-990003036390203316 |
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BASILIUS VALENTINUS
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| Roma : Edizioni mediterranee, copyr. 1978 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Cours de chimie, par M. Gay-Lussac, comprenant l'histoire de sels, la chimie vègètale et animale. Tome premier [-deuxieme]
| Cours de chimie, par M. Gay-Lussac, comprenant l'histoire de sels, la chimie vègètale et animale. Tome premier [-deuxieme] |
| Autore | Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis <1778-1850> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Paris : Pichon et Didier, 1828 |
| Descrizione fisica | 2 v. ; 8° |
| Disciplina | 540.1 |
| Soggetto non controllato | Chimica - Filosofia |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-990001616660403321 |
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Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis <1778-1850>
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| Paris : Pichon et Didier, 1828 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Elementi di filosofia chimica del signor cav. Humphry Davy dottore in legge ... Tradotti dall'inglese in francese dal signor G.B. Van-Mons e in italiano dal signor dott. G. con note de' signori professori L.V. Brugnatelli e P. Configliachi. Tomo primo [-terzo]. con tavole in rame
| Elementi di filosofia chimica del signor cav. Humphry Davy dottore in legge ... Tradotti dall'inglese in francese dal signor G.B. Van-Mons e in italiano dal signor dott. G. con note de' signori professori L.V. Brugnatelli e P. Configliachi. Tomo primo [-terzo]. con tavole in rame |
| Autore | Davy, Humphry |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Napoli : presso Agnello Nobile libraio-stampatore Strada S. Brigida n. 27, 1816 |
| Descrizione fisica | 3 v : ill. ; 8° |
| Disciplina | 540.1 |
| Soggetto non controllato | Chimica - Filosofia |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-990001616830403321 |
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Davy, Humphry
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| Napoli : presso Agnello Nobile libraio-stampatore Strada S. Brigida n. 27, 1816 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Essays in the philosophy of chemistry / / edited by Eric Scerri and Grant Fisher
| Essays in the philosophy of chemistry / / edited by Eric Scerri and Grant Fisher |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (421 p.) |
| Disciplina | 540.1 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico | Chemistry - Philosophy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-755966-2
0-19-049460-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; Half Title Page ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Dedications ; Contents; Contributors; Second Half Title Page ; Introduction ; PART ONE History and Philosophy of Chemistry ; CHAPTER 1: Alan Chalmers. Robert Boyle's Corpuscular Chemistry: Atomism before its Time ; CHAPTER 2: Nicholas W. Best. What Was Revolutionary about the Chemical Revolution? ; CHAPTER 3: Kostas Gavroglu & Ana Simões. Philosophical Issues in (Sub)Disciplinary Contexts. The Case of Quantum Chemistry; PART TWO Reduction and Explanation
CHAPTER 4: Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino & Jean-Pierre Noël Llored. Reality Without Reification: Philosophy of Chemistry's Contribution to Philosophy of MindCHAPTER 5: Lee McIntyre. Who's Afraid of Supervenient Laws?; CHAPTER 6: Eric R. Scerri. The Changing Views of a Philosopher of Chemistry on the Question of Reduction ; CHAPTER 7: Noretta Koertge. Contingencies in Chemical Explanation; CHAPTER 8: Richard M. Pagni. Reaction Mechanisms; PART THREE Metaphysical Issues ; CHAPTER 9 : Rom Harré. Causality in Chemistry: Regularities and Agencies CHAPTER 10: Joseph E. Earley, Sr. How Properties Hold Together in SubstancesCHAPTER 11: Hasok Chang. Scientific Realism and Chemistry ; CHAPTER 12: Robin Findlay Hendry. Natural Kinds in Chemistry; PART FOUR Theory and Practice ; CHAPTER 13: Hinne Hettema. Chemistry and "The Theoretician's Dilemma"; CHAPTER 14:Grant Fisher. Divergence, Diagnostics, and a Dichotomy of Methods ; CHAPTER 15: Guillermo Restrepo. Mathematical Chemistry, a New Discipline; CHAPTER 16: Rein Vihalemm. Science, f-Science, and the Dual Character of Chemistry ; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465249003321 |
| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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