Eddy, Matthew Daniel
(ed.)
Klein, Ursula
(ed.)
Editorial: Bloomsbury
Colección: The Cultural Histories Series
Número de páginas: 256 págs. 24.4 x 16.9 cm
Fecha de edición: 14-12-2023
EAN: 9781474294652
ISBN: 978-1-4742-9465-2
Precio (sin IVA): 100,29 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 104,30 €
This book covers the period from 1700 to 1815. Setting the progress of science and technology in its cultural context, the volume re-examines the changes that many have considered to constitute a "chemical revolution". Already boasting a laboratory culture open to both manufacturing and commerce, the discipline of chemistry now extended into academies and universities. Chemists studied myriad materials - derived from minerals, plants, and animals - and produced an increasing number of chemical substances such as acids, alkalis, and gases. New textbooks offered opportunities for classifying substances, rethinking old theories and elaborating new ones. By the end of the period – in Europe and across the globe - chemistry now embodied the promise of unifying practice and theory.