Philosophy of chemistry. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Andrea I. Woody, Robin Findlay Hendry, Paul Needham.
• Other Names: Woody, Andrea; Hendry, Robin Findlay; Needham, Paul, 1948-
• Contents: Part 1. Introduction; Introduction; Part 2. History of the Philosophy of Chemistry; Prehistory of the Philosophy of Chemistry; Robert Boyle (1627–1691); Joseph Priestley (1733–1804); Antoine Lavoisier (1743–1794); John Dalton (1766–1844); Dmitrii Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834–1907); Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903); Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932); Pierre Duhem (1861–1916); Frantiˇsek Wald (1861–1930); G. N. Lewis (1875–1946); Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962); Linus Pauling (1901–1994); Charles Coulson (1910–1974); Ilya Prigogine (1917–2003); Part 3. Chemical Substances; Ancient Theories of Chemical Substance; Substances: The Ontology of Chemistry; Modality, Mereology and Substance; Elements; Compounds and Mixtures; Part 4. Chemical Concepts and Methods; Chemical Bond; Mechanisms and Chemical Reaction; The Periodic Table; Laws in Chemistry; Chemical Modeling; Part 5. Chemistry and Physics; Reduction, Emergence and Physicalism; Atoms and Molecules in Classical Chemistry and Quantum Mechanics; Concept Amalgamation and Representation in Quantum Chemistry; Thermodynamics in Chemistry; Entropy in Chemistry; Part 6. Chemistry and Other Disciplines; Chemistry and Molecular Biology; Chemistry and Pharmacy: A Philosophical Inquiry into an Evolving Relationship; Chemical Engineering Science
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam Boston : Elsevier/North Holland
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 electronic document (xi, 563 pages), (illustrations)
• Subjects: 540.1; Chemistry -- Philosophy; Chemistry -- Philosophy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080930763
• Related ISBNs: 008093076X; 0444516751; 9780444516756
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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