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- catalog abstract "In this book, Mary Jo Nye traces the social and intellectual history of the physical sciences from the early nineteenth century to the beginning of the Second World War. Nye examines the sweeping transformation of scientific institutions and professions during the period and the groundbreaking experiments and scientific investigations that fueled that change, from the earliest investigations of molecular chemistry and field dynamics to the revolutionary breakthroughs of quantum mechanics, relativity theory, and nuclear science. Nye intersperses the narrative of these developments with profiles of key figures of modern science, from Dalton to Pasteur to Einstein to Bohr. Notable features of the book include an insightful analysis of the parallel trajectories of modern chemistry and physics and the work of scientists - such as John Dalton, Michael Faraday, Hermann von Helmholtz, Marie Curie, Ernest Rutherford, Dorothy Hodgkin, and Linus Pauling - who played prominent roles in the development of both disciplines.".
- catalog contributor b10150258.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "1. Disciplinary Organization in Nineteenth-Century Chemistry and Physics -- 2. Dalton's Atom and Two Paths for the Study of Matter -- 3. The Electromagnetic View of Nature and a World of Ether -- 4. Thermodynamics, Thermochemistry, and the Science of Energy -- 5. Theory and Practice in Organic Chemistry: Biological Modes of Thought in a Physical Science -- 6. A New Chemistry, A New Physics: Radiations, Particles, and Wave Mechanics after 1895 -- 7. Nationalism, Internationalism, and the Creation of Nuclear Science, 1914-1940 -- Conclusion: The Claims of Science.".
- catalog description "In this book, Mary Jo Nye traces the social and intellectual history of the physical sciences from the early nineteenth century to the beginning of the Second World War. Nye examines the sweeping transformation of scientific institutions and professions during the period and the groundbreaking experiments and scientific investigations that fueled that change, from the earliest investigations of molecular chemistry and field dynamics to the revolutionary breakthroughs of quantum mechanics, relativity theory, and nuclear science. Nye intersperses the narrative of these developments with profiles of key figures of modern science, from Dalton to Pasteur to Einstein to Bohr. Notable features of the book include an insightful analysis of the parallel trajectories of modern chemistry and physics and the work of scientists - such as John Dalton, Michael Faraday, Hermann von Helmholtz, Marie Curie, Ernest Rutherford, Dorothy Hodgkin, and Linus Pauling - who played prominent roles in the development of both disciplines.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-267) and indexes.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 282 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Before big science.".
- catalog identifier "080579512X (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Before big science.".
- catalog isPartOf "Twayne's history of science and society series ; no. 1".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Twayne Publishers ; London : Prentice Hall International,".
- catalog relation "Before big science.".
- catalog subject "530/.09/034 20".
- catalog subject "Chemistry History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Chemistry History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Physics History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Physics History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "QD11 .N94 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Disciplinary Organization in Nineteenth-Century Chemistry and Physics -- 2. Dalton's Atom and Two Paths for the Study of Matter -- 3. The Electromagnetic View of Nature and a World of Ether -- 4. Thermodynamics, Thermochemistry, and the Science of Energy -- 5. Theory and Practice in Organic Chemistry: Biological Modes of Thought in a Physical Science -- 6. A New Chemistry, A New Physics: Radiations, Particles, and Wave Mechanics after 1895 -- 7. Nationalism, Internationalism, and the Creation of Nuclear Science, 1914-1940 -- Conclusion: The Claims of Science.".
- catalog title "Before big science : the pursuit of modern chemistry and physics, 1800-1940 / Mary Jo Nye.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".