| Description |
xiv, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Uppsala studies in history of science ; v. 10 |
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Uppsala studies in history of science ; 10
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| Contents |
Introduction / Evan M. Melhado and Tore Frangsmyr -- 1. Berzelius and His Time / Sten Lindroth -- 2. "Truth, the Angel of Light": Berzelius, Agardh, and Hwasser / Sven-Eric Liedman -- 3. Berzelius and the Atomic Theory: The Intellectual Background / Gunnar Eriksson -- 4. Berzelius, Dalton, and the Chemical Atom / Anders Lundgren -- 5. Berzelius's Animal Chemistry: From Physiology to Organic Chemistry (1805-1814) / Alan J. Rocke -- 6. Novelty and Tradition in the Chemistry of Berzelius (1803-1819) / Evan M. Melhado -- 7. Berzelius as Godfather of Isomorphism / Hans-Werner Schutt -- 8. Berzelius, the Dualistic Hypothesis, and the Rise of Organic Chemistry / John Hedley Brooke -- 9. Berzelius as a European Traveler / Carl Gustaf Bernhard -- Secondary Literature on Berzelius in Major Languages: A Selected Bibliography |
| Analysis |
Chemistry |
| Notes |
(Uppsala studies in history of science ; v. 10) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242) and index |
| Subject |
Berzelius, Jöns Jakob, friherre, 1779-1848.
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Chemistry -- Sweden -- History -- 19th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Frängsmyr, Tore, 1938-
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Melhado, Evan Marc, 1946-
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| LC no. |
91045939 |
| ISBN |
0521417759 |
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