Image and Reality - Kekul, Kopp, and the Scientific Imagination

Zusammenfassung Chemists in the nineteenth century were faced with a particular problem: how to depict the atoms and molecules beyond the direct reach of our bodily senses. This title focuses on the community of organic chemists in Germany to provide the basis for an understanding of the nature of scientific creativity.

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• Authors: Alan J Rocke, Alan J. Rocke, ROCKE ALAN J
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2010
• EAN: 9780226723327
• ISBN: 978-0-226-72332-7
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Synthesis; Synthesis; Synthesis (University of Chica
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Germany, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Organic, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Science