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ISBN 13 : 9814479055
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)
Download or read book Walther Nernst written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Diana Kormos Barkan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521176298
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)
Download or read book Walther Nernst and the Transition to Modern Physical Science written by Diana Kormos Barkan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 1999 biography of one of Germany's most important scientists (active 1890-1933) and an historical examination of physics and chemistry.
Author : Kurt Mendelssohn
Publisher : Plunkett Lake Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The World of Walther Nernst: The Rise and Fall of German Science 1864-1941 written by Kurt Mendelssohn and published by Plunkett Lake Press. This book was released on 2019-08-17 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of the 19th century, under the benevolent patronage of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany became home to new scientific and technological ideas. In German universities, innovators like Albert Einstein, Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, Erwin Schrödinger, Wolfgang Pauli and Walther Nernst revolutionized physics and chemistry with their theories of relativity, of the atomic structure and of the quanta. Walther Nernst, a founder of physical chemistry, received the Nobel prize in 1920 for his formulation of the third law of thermodynamics. He died in 1941 in Germany, disillusioned by Hitler’s destruction of German academic life. This biography of Walther Nernst, the author’s mentor, also provides an overview of German science and technology, from its stellar rise to its rapid fall when the Nazis came to power and the vast majority of German scientists went into exile to Britain (like the author), to the United States or elsewhere to continue the tradition and spirit of the scientific revolutions started in Germany’s institutions of higher learning. “A masterly description of the spectacular rise of German science and industry at the turn of the century and of life in Germany in the pre-1933 era.” — The Times (London) “Mendelssohn’s... fascinating book... is a study of the rise and fall of German science as well as a life of Walther Nernst... as he shows, the ‘mad fanaticism’ of the Nazis blinded them, and blinded them completely, to the enormous scientific potential they had inherited in the laboratories of Weimar Germany.” — Roger Williams, Encounter
Author : Walther Nernst
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Theoretical Chemistry from the Standpoint of Avogadro's Rule & Thermodynamics written by Walther Nernst and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patrick Coffey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199886547
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book Cathedrals of Science written by Patrick Coffey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-08-29 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Cathedrals of Science, Patrick Coffey describes how chemistry got its modern footing-how thirteen brilliant men and one woman struggled with the laws of the universe and with each other. They wanted to discover how the world worked, but they also wanted credit for making those discoveries, and their personalities often affected how that credit was assigned. Gilbert Lewis, for example, could be reclusive and resentful, and his enmity with Walther Nernst may have cost him the Nobel Prize; Irving Langmuir, gregarious and charming, "rediscovered" Lewis's theory of the chemical bond and received much of the credit for it. Langmuir's personality smoothed his path to the Nobel Prize over Lewis. Coffey deals with moral and societal issues as well. These same scientists were the first to be seen by their countries as military assets. Fritz Haber, dubbed the "father of chemical warfare," pioneered the use of poison gas in World War I-vividly described-and Glenn Seaborg and Harold Urey were leaders in World War II's Manhattan Project; Urey and Linus Pauling worked for nuclear disarmament after the war. Science was not always fair, and many were excluded. The Nazis pushed Jewish scientists like Haber from their posts in the 1930s. Anti-Semitism was also a force in American chemistry, and few women were allowed in; Pauling, for example, used his influence to cut off the funding and block the publications of his rival, Dorothy Wrinch. Cathedrals of Science paints a colorful portrait of the building of modern chemistry from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
Author : Jeffrey Orens
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643137158
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)
Download or read book The Soul of Genius written by Jeffrey Orens and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prismatic look at the meeting of Marie Curie and Albert Einstein and the impact these two pillars of science had on the world of physics, which was in turmoil. In 1911, some of the greatest minds in science convened at the First Solvay Conference in Physics, a meeting like no other. Almost half of the attendees had won or would go on to win the Nobel Prize. Over the course of those few days, these minds began to realize that classical physics was about to give way to quantum theory, a seismic shift in our history and how we understand not just our world, but the universe. At the center of this meeting were Marie Curie and a young Albert Einstein. In the years preceding, Curie had faced the death of her husband and soul mate, Pierre. She was on the cusp of being awarded her second Nobel Prize, but scandal erupted all around her when the French press revealed that she was having an affair with a fellow scientist, Paul Langevin. The subject of vicious misogynist and xenophobic attacks in the French press, Curie found herself in a storm that threatened her scientific legacy. Albert Einstein proved an supporter in her travails. They had an instant connection at Solvay. He was young and already showing flourishes of his enormous genius. Curie had been responsible for one of the greatest discoveries in modern science (radioactivity) but still faced resistance and scorn. Einstein recognized this grave injustice, and their mutual admiration and respect, borne out of this, their first meeting, would go on to serve them in their paths forward to making history. Curie and Einstein come alive as the complex people they were in the pages of The Soul of Genius. Utilizing never before seen correspondance and notes, Jeffrey Orens reveals the human side of these brilliant scientists, one who pushed boundaries and demanded equality in a man’s world, no matter the cost, and the other, who was destined to become synonymous with genius.
Author : René Schils
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461408598
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)
Download or read book How James Watt Invented the Copier written by René Schils and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-12-14 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features 25 different scientists and the ideas which may not have made them famous, but made history... Typically, we remember our greatest scientists from one single invention, one new formula or one incredible breakthrough. This narrow perspective does not give justice to the versatility of many scientists who also earned a reputation in other areas of science. James Watt, for instance, is known for inventing the steam engine, yet most people do not know that he also invented the copier. Alexander Graham Bell of course invented the telephone, but only few know that he invented artificial breathing equipment, a prototype of the ‘iron lung’. Edmond Halley, whose name is associated with the comet that visits Earth every 75 years, produced the first mortality tables, used for life insurances. This entertaining book is aimed at anyone who enjoys reading about inventions and discoveries by the most creative minds. Detailed illustrations of the forgotten designs and ideas enrich the work throughout.
Author : William H. Cropper
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195173246
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (732 download)
Download or read book Great Physicists written by William H. Cropper and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents profiles of thirty scientists, including Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Richard Feynman, and Edwin Hubble.
Author : Arne Hessenbruch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134262949
Total Pages : 965 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)
Download or read book Reader's Guide to the History of Science written by Arne Hessenbruch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 965 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reader's Guide to the History of Science looks at the literature of science in some 550 entries on individuals (Einstein), institutions and disciplines (Mathematics), general themes (Romantic Science) and central concepts (Paradigm and Fact). The history of science is construed widely to include the history of medicine and technology as is reflected in the range of disciplines from which the international team of 200 contributors are drawn.
Author : D. Thorburn Burns
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319121510
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)
Download or read book Important Figures of Analytical Chemistry from Germany in Brief Biographies written by D. Thorburn Burns and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 80 personalities, in or from Germany, that over the centuries have shaped the development of analytical chemistry are introduced by brief biographies. These accounts go beyond summarising key biographical information and outline the individual's contributions to analytical chemistry. This richly illustrated Brief offers a unique resource of information that is not available elsewhere.
Author : Patrick Coffey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199717460
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Cathedrals of Science written by Patrick Coffey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-08-29 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Cathedrals of Science, Patrick Coffey describes how chemistry got its modern footing-how thirteen brilliant men and one woman struggled with the laws of the universe and with each other. They wanted to discover how the world worked, but they also wanted credit for making those discoveries, and their personalities often affected how that credit was assigned. Gilbert Lewis, for example, could be reclusive and resentful, and his enmity with Walther Nernst may have cost him the Nobel Prize; Irving Langmuir, gregarious and charming, "rediscovered" Lewis's theory of the chemical bond and received much of the credit for it. Langmuir's personality smoothed his path to the Nobel Prize over Lewis. Coffey deals with moral and societal issues as well. These same scientists were the first to be seen by their countries as military assets. Fritz Haber, dubbed the "father of chemical warfare," pioneered the use of poison gas in World War I-vividly described-and Glenn Seaborg and Harold Urey were leaders in World War II's Manhattan Project; Urey and Linus Pauling worked for nuclear disarmament after the war. Science was not always fair, and many were excluded. The Nazis pushed Jewish scientists like Haber from their posts in the 1930s. Anti-Semitism was also a force in American chemistry, and few women were allowed in; Pauling, for example, used his influence to cut off the funding and block the publications of his rival, Dorothy Wrinch. Cathedrals of Science paints a colorful portrait of the building of modern chemistry from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
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Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789810234058
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Chemistry, 1901-1921 written by and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1999 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the Nobel Lectures delivered by the prizewinners in chemistry, together with their biographies, portraits and the presentation speeches.
Author : Rutherford Aris
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452907951
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)
Download or read book Springs of Scientific Creativity written by Rutherford Aris and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathematician Henri Poincaré was boarding a bus when he realized that the transformations of non-Euclidean geometry were just those he needed in his research on the theory of functions. He did not have to interrupt his conversation, still less to verify the equation in detail; his insight was complete at that point. Poincaré's insight into his own creativity -- his awareness that preliminary cogitation and the working of the subconscious had prepared his mind for an intuitive flash of recognition -- is just one of many possible analyses of scientific creativity, a subject as fascinating as it is elusive. The authors of this book have chosen to search for the springs of scientific creativity by examining the lives and work of a dozen innovative thinkers in the fields of mathematics, physics, and chemistry from the seventeenth down to the mid-twentieth century.
Author : Željko Čupić
Publisher : Institut za nuklearne nauke VINČA
ISBN 13 : 8682475332
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (824 download)
Download or read book PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 2016 written by Željko Čupić and published by Institut za nuklearne nauke VINČA. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James K. Laylin
Publisher : Chemical Heritage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9780841226906
Total Pages : 820 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (269 download)
Download or read book Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, 1901-1992 written by James K. Laylin and published by Chemical Heritage Foundation. This book was released on 1993-10-30 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through new perspectives from a mix of original monographs, biographies, autobiographical memoirs, edited collections of essays and documentary sources, translations, classic reprints, and pictorial volumes, this series will document the individuals, ideas, institutions, and innovations that have created the modern chemcial sciences.
Author : Joseph Stewart Fruton
Publisher : American Philosophical Society
ISBN 13 : 9780871692450
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (924 download)
Download or read book Methods and Styles in the Development of Chemistry written by Joseph Stewart Fruton and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on 2002 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chemistry as it is known today is deeply rooted in a variety of thought & action, dating back at least as far as the fifth century B.C. In this book, Joseph Fruton weaves together the history of scientific investigation with social, religious, philosophical, & other events & practices that have contributed to the field of modern chemistry. The story begins with the influence of alchemy on early Greek numerology and philosophy, followed by the historical account of chemical composition and phlogiston. The life and work of Antoine Lavoisier receive extensive coverage in Chapter Three, with the remaining six chapters devoted to atoms, equivalents, and elements; radicals and types; valence and molectualr structure; stereochemistry and organic synthesis; forces, equilibria, and rates; and electrons, reaction mechanisms, and organic synthesis.
Author : Helge S. Kragh
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642550908
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)
Download or read book The Weight of the Vacuum written by Helge S. Kragh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-21 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the discovery of cosmic acceleration due to dark energy, a discovery that is all the more perplexing as nobody knows what dark energy actually is. We put the modern concept of cosmological vacuum energy into historical context and show how it grew out of disparate roots in quantum mechanics (zero-point energy) and relativity theory (the cosmological constant, Einstein's “greatest blunder”). These two influences have remained strangely aloof and still co-exist in an uneasy alliance that is at the heart of the greatest crisis in theoretical physics, the cosmological-constant problem.
