Fifth Business: A Life of the Chemist and Educationist Henry Edward Armstrong

by William H Brock

A biography of Henry Edward Armstrong, an underappreciated maverick in the history of chemistry.

Fifth Business is a biography of the English chemist, educator, and scientific critic Henry Edward Armstrong. Today, Armstrong, who was a central figure in the development of the science of chemistry between 1885 and 1914, is more remembered for his campaigns to improve the teaching of chemistry, and science generally, and less for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226839583
• ISBN13: 9780226839585
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.