Cathedrals of science [electronic resource] : the personalities and rivalries that made modern chemistry / Patrick Coffey.
Publication details: London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: xix, 379 p. : illISBN:- 0195321340 (alk. paper)
- 9780195321340 (alk. paper)
- 540 22
- Q180.55.D57 C64 2008eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-329) and index.
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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