Nationalizing Science: Adolphe Wurtz and the Battle for French Chemistry

by Alan J. Rocke

After looking at the early careers of Wurtz's two mentors, Liebig and Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Rocke describes Wurtz's life and career in the politically complex period leading up to 1853. He then discusses the turning point in Wurtz's intellectual life--his conversion to the reformed chemistry of Laurent, Gerhardt, and Williamson--and his efforts to persuade his colleagues of the advantages of the new system.

In 1869, Adolphe Wurtz (1817-1884)...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262182041
• ISBN13: 9780262182041
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher