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The Quiet Revolution: Hermann Kolbe and the Science of Organic Chemistry (California Studies in the History of Science)...
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by Alan J. Rocke
Sales Rank: 2140143
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 501 pages
Published by: University of California Press November 12, 1993
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0520081102
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0520081109
Book Dimensions:
9.5 x 6.5 x 1.8 inches
Weighs: 2.2 pounds
Product Description
Organic chemist Hermann Kolbe (1818-1884) is the subject of this vigorously contextualized biography, which combines the approaches of cognitive and social history of science. Kolbe was one of the most outstanding chemists during the remarkable period in which German science, like the wider manifestations of German industrial and political power, rose to a position of world dominance.
Rocke portrays Kolbe as a leading actor in the transformation of the institutional and pedagological dimensions of the physical sciences, as well as in the rapid growth of technologically powerful pure sciences. In all these areas there was a sharp inflection point around 1860 when, as Rocke persuasively argues, the primary discipline in the drama was organic chemistry.
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"This is one of the most important studies of nineteenth century chemistry produced during the past two decades. Building on his equally important earlier book . . . this work will establish Rocke as the leading scholar in this field."--Frederic L. Holmes, Yale University
"With this work, Rocke has become the leading authority on German chemistry in the first two-thirds of the nineteenth century."--Kathryn M. Olesko, Georgetown University
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