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Coffey, Patrick.
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Langmuir, Irving, 1881-1957.
Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946.
Discoveries in science.
Chemical weapons.
Chemists -- Psychology.
Science -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Chemistry -- History -- 20th century.
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Cathedrals of scienc...
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Cathedrals of science : the personalities and rivalries that made modern chemistry / Patrick Coffey.
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Coffey, Patrick.
London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects
Langmuir, Irving, 1881-1957.
Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946.
Discoveries in science.
Chemical weapons.
Chemists -- Psychology.
Science -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Chemistry -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
0195321340 (alk. paper)
9780195321340 (alk. paper) :
Description:
xix, 379 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
The ionists: Arrhenius and Nernst -- Physical chemistry in America: Lewis and Langmuir -- The third law and nitrogen: Haber and Nernst -- Chemists at war: Haber, Nernst, Langmuir, and Harkins -- Science and the Nazis: Nernst and Haber -- Nobel prizes: Lewis and Langmuir -- Nuclear chemistry: Lewis, Urey, and Seaborg -- Secret of life: Pauling, Wrinch, and Langmuir -- Pathological science: Langmuir -- Lewis's last days.
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