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" Characters in chemistry : "
Gary D. Patterson, editor, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Seth C. Rasmussen, editor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota ; sponsored by the ACS Division of History of Chemistry
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637961
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Characters in chemistry : : a celebration of the humanity of chemistry /\ Gary D. Patterson, editor, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Seth C. Rasmussen, editor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota ; sponsored by the ACS Division of History of Chemistry
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ACS symposium series ;; 1136
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xiii, 230 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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9780841228009
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: 0841228000
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Introduction : the humanity of chemistry -- "Robert Bnsen's sweet tooth Bunseniana in the Oesper collections" -- Who was the real Joseph Black? -- The quaker rustic as natural philosopher : John Dalton and his social context -- The chemistry of Lucrezia Borgia, et al -- Sir William Crookes (1832-1919) -- It's a gas! Sir Humphry Davy and his pneumatic investigations -- Historical chemists in fiction -- Yegor Yegorovich Vagner (1849-1903) a "wondrously sharpwitted" chemist -- Martian chemists and characters -- George Rosenkranz : a full-range "chemical character" -- Paul John Flory : physical chemist and humanitari
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Chemists, Biography
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Chemistry-- History
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540.92/2
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QD21.C45 2013
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Patterson, Gary D., (Gary David),1946-
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Rasmussen, Seth C.
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American Chemical Society., Division of the History of Chemistry,sponsoring body
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