Wilhelm Ostwald : the autobiography /: the autobiography. ([2017])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Wilhelm Ostwald : the autobiography /: the autobiography. ([2017])
- Main Title:
- Wilhelm Ostwald : the autobiography
- Uniform Title:
- Liebenslinien.
- Further Information:
- Note: Translated by Robert Jack ; edited by Fritz Scholz and Robert Jack.
- Authors:
- Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
- Editors:
- Jack, Robert S
Scholz, Fritz, 1955- - Other Names:
- Jack, Robert S translator.
- Contents:
- Part 1: Riga-Dorpat-Riga: My parental home and childhood -- Youth -- The growing boy -- Student years -- The start of my scientific career -- Teaching and marriage -- My first appointment -- The professorship in Riga -- Germany -- Back in Riga -- My colleague -- Progress -- The appointment in Leipzig -- Part 2: Leipzig: Leaving home -- The new work place and the first fruits -- The laboratory -- At the writing desk -- The Leipzig circle -- The spread of the concept in Germany -- Impact at a distance -- Energetics -- Overload, breakdown and recovery -- The electrochemical society -- Catalysis and the new institute -- Nitrogen -- Natural philosophy -- First journey to America -- Taking leave of chemistry -- An international congress of all the arts and sciences -- Free! -- Part 3: Großbothen and the world -- The doctrine of happiness and its applications -- The exchange professor -- Country house "Energy" -- Great men and the schools -- The world language -- Festive days -- The Monist Society -- The International Union of Chemists -- The Bridge -- The energetic imperative -- World war and revolution -- The theory of colour -- The beauty of the law -- The noise of the streets and the peace of the garden.
- Publisher Details:
- Cham : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Copyright Date:
- 2017
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 688 pages), portrait, genealogical table
- Subjects:
- 540.9/2
Chemistry
Chemists -- Germany -- Biography
Chemistry, Physical organic
History
Science -- Philosophy
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology
SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- General
Chemists
Science -- Chemistry -- Physical & Theoretical
Science -- History
Science -- Physics
Science -- Philosophy & Social Aspects
Physical chemistry
History of science
Philosophy of science
Chemistry
Chemistry
History of Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
History of Science
History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
Philosophy of Science
Germany
Electronic books
Autobiographies
Biography
Autobiographies - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319469553
- Related ISBNs:
- 331946955X
9783319469539
3319469533 - Notes:
- Note: Print version record.
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