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- catalog abstract "Primarily a scientific biography of Walther H. Nernst (1864-1941), one of Germany's most important, productive, and often controversial scientists, this book addresses a specific set of scientific problems that evolved at the intersection of physics, chemistry, and technology during one of the most revolutionary periods of modern physical science. Nernst, who won the 1920 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, was a key figure in the transition to a modern physical science, contributing to the study of solutions, of chemical equilibria, and of the behavior of matter at the extreme temperatures. A director of major research institutes, rector of the Berlin University, and inventor of a new electric lamp, Nernst was at once the first "modern" physical chemist, an able scientific organizer, and a savvy entrepreneur. His career exemplified the increasing connection between German technical industry and academic science, between theory and experiment, between concepts and practice.".
- catalog contributor b11047163.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "A director of major research institutes, rector of the Berlin University, and inventor of a new electric lamp, Nernst was at once the first "modern" physical chemist, an able scientific organizer, and a savvy entrepreneur. His career exemplified the increasing connection between German technical industry and academic science, between theory and experiment, between concepts and practice.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-274) and index.".
- catalog description "Nernst, the historiography of his science, and its context -- Nothing is more practical than theory: beginnings -- The early researches -- The Göttingen years -- The Nernst-Planck exchange -- Electricity and iron: the electrolytic lamp -- High temperatures and the heat theorem -- Theory and the heat theorem -- Berlin: low temperatures -- The incorporation of quantum theory -- "The witches' sabbath": Nernst and the first International Solvay Congress in Physics -- Simply a matter of chemistry? The Noble Prize.".
- catalog description "Primarily a scientific biography of Walther H. Nernst (1864-1941), one of Germany's most important, productive, and often controversial scientists, this book addresses a specific set of scientific problems that evolved at the intersection of physics, chemistry, and technology during one of the most revolutionary periods of modern physical science. Nernst, who won the 1920 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, was a key figure in the transition to a modern physical science, contributing to the study of solutions, of chemical equilibria, and of the behavior of matter at the extreme temperatures.".
- catalog extent "xii, 288 p. :".
- catalog identifier "052144456X (hardback)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Germany".
- catalog subject "540/.92 b 21".
- catalog subject "Chemistry, Physical and theoretical Germany History.".
- catalog subject "Chemistry, Physical and theoretical History.".
- catalog subject "Chemists Germany Biography.".
- catalog subject "Nernst, Walther, 1864-1941.".
- catalog subject "Physicists Germany Biography.".
- catalog subject "Physics Germany History.".
- catalog subject "QD22.N39 B37 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Nernst, the historiography of his science, and its context -- Nothing is more practical than theory: beginnings -- The early researches -- The Göttingen years -- The Nernst-Planck exchange -- Electricity and iron: the electrolytic lamp -- High temperatures and the heat theorem -- Theory and the heat theorem -- Berlin: low temperatures -- The incorporation of quantum theory -- "The witches' sabbath": Nernst and the first International Solvay Congress in Physics -- Simply a matter of chemistry? The Noble Prize.".
- catalog title "Walther Nernst and the transition to modern physical science / Diana Kormos Barkan.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".