Experiments, models, paper tools : cultures of organic chemistry in the nineteenth century / Ursula Klein ; editors, Timothy Lenoir and Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht.

  • Klein, Ursula, 1952-
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[2003], ©2003
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Also known as

Cultures of organic chemistry in the nineteenth century

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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2003], ©2003.

Physical description

xi, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-297) and index.

Contents

Semiotics of Berzelian chemical formulas -- Two cultures of organic chemistry in the nineteenth century: a structural comparison -- Experiments on the periphery of plant chemistry -- Paper tools for the construction of interpretive models of chemical reactions -- Paper tools for the classification of organic substances -- Paper tools for modeling the constitution of organic compounds -- Dialectic of tools and goals -- Historical transformation process -- Paper tools.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 0804743592