Experiments, Models, Paper Tools: Cultures of Organic Chemistry in the Nineteenth Century

by Ursula Klein, Timothy Lenoir, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht

In the early nineteenth century, chemistry emerged in Europe as a truly experimental discipline. What set this process in motion, and how did it evolve? Experimentalization in chemistry was driven by a seemingly innocuous tool: the sign system of chemical formulas invented by the Swedish chemist Jacob Berzelius. By tracing the history of this "paper tool," the author reveals how chemistry quickly lost its orientation to natural history and became...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804743592
• ISBN13: 9780804743594
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.6"