Nationalizing Science Adolphe Wurtz and the Battle for French Chemistry |
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| Author:
| Rocke, Alan J. |
| Series title: | Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-262-18204-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2000 |
| Publisher: | MIT Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $11.75 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.