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541.309 C633m
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Summary:
Science popularizer Cobb takes a unique approach to explaining the concepts of physical chemistry, telling the story of the geniuses and eccentrics who made groundbreaking discoveries in this fascinating field. Illustrations.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-402) and index.
Contents:
- Pt. I. Aristotle and the Ancients: Mathematics, Motion, and Machines
- 1. The Ancients: Heavenly Geometry
- 2. Aristotle: Touching Earth
- 3. The Arabs: Mohammedan Amalgamation
- 4. Medieval Magick and Renaissance Revival: Finding the Force
- 5. The Merchants: Mathematics of Money and Machines of War
- Pt. II. The European Scientific Revolution: The Passionate Pursuit of Order
- 6. Mathematics: The First Wave
- 7. Physics: The First Wave
- 8. Chemistry: The First Wave
- 9. Mathematics and Physics: Wave after Wave
- 10. Lavoisier: The Chemical Tsunami
- Pt. III. The First Atomic Wars: Dalton to Perrin
- 11. Dalton's Diminutive Friends: An Atomic Theory
- 12. Thermodynamics: The Warmth and How It Spreads
- 13. Gnats in Sunbeams: Kinetic Theory of Gases
- 14. Statistical Mechanics: Maxwell's Demon and Boltzmann's Dream
- 15. Thermochemistry: Willard Gibbs and the Quiet Insurrection
- 16. Atoms or Not? The Test of Jean Perrin
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- Pt. IV. Physics and Chemistry Come to Light: Spectroscopy to Quantum Mechanics
- 17. Spectroscopy: Rainbows from the Sun
- 18. Electromagnetism: The Nature of the Sun
- 19. Atomic Structure: Pieces and Puzzles
- 20. The Quantum Revolution: Little Bits of Stuff
- 21. Quantum Riddle: When Is a Particle Not a Particle? When It's a Wave
- Pt. V. The Flourish of the Physical Chemist: Affinity and Force
- 22. Rebels and Radicals: Quantum Chemistry in the United States
- 23. System and Symmetry: The Further Developments of Quantum Chemistry
- 24. The Ionists and Affinity: Physikalische Chemie
- 25. Intermolecular Forces: The Tie That Binds
- 26. Heirs to the Ionists: Physical Chemistry Crosses the Ocean
- 27. Reaction Rates: Physical Chemistry Keeps Pace
- Pt. VI. The Fruits of Their Labors: The Product of Physical Chemistry
- 28. Physical Chemistry and Physiology: Not So Strange Bedfellows
- 29. Nonlinear Dynamics: Physical Chemists Make Waves
- 30. Nanotechnology: How Low Can You Go?
- 31. Extreme Quantum: The Questions Keep Coming.
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