Author: Robert BudPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages :
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Chemistry in America, 1876-1976
Author: Robert BudChemistry in America 1876–1976
Author: A. ThackrayPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789401511254
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
This study is an outgrowth of our interest in the history of modern chemistry. The paucity of reliable, quantitative knowledge about past science was brought home forcibly to us when we undertook a research seminar in the comparative history of modern chemistry in Britain, Germany, and the United States. That seminar, which took place at the University of Pennsylvania in the spring of 1975, was paralleled by one devoted to the work of the "Annales School". The two seminars together catalyzed the attempt to construct historical measures of change in aspects of one science, or "chem ical indicators". The present volume displays our results. Perhaps our labors may be most usefully compared with the work of those students of medieval science who devote their best efforts to the establish ment of texts. Only when acceptable texts have been constructed from fragmentary and corrupt sources can scholars move on to the more satisfying business of making history. So too in the modern period, a necessary pre liminary to the full history of any scientific profession is the establishing of reliable quantitative information in the form of statistical series. This volume does not offer history. Instead it provides certain element- indicators -- that may be useful to individuals interested in the history of American chemistry and chemical industry, and suggestive for policy.
Chemistry in America 1876–1976
Author: A. ThackrayPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401511241
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
This study is an outgrowth of our interest in the history of modern chemistry. The paucity of reliable, quantitative knowledge about past science was brought home forcibly to us when we undertook a research seminar in the comparative history of modern chemistry in Britain, Germany, and the United States. That seminar, which took place at the University of Pennsylvania in the spring of 1975, was paralleled by one devoted to the work of the "Annales School". The two seminars together catalyzed the attempt to construct historical measures of change in aspects of one science, or "chem ical indicators". The present volume displays our results. Perhaps our labors may be most usefully compared with the work of those students of medieval science who devote their best efforts to the establish ment of texts. Only when acceptable texts have been constructed from fragmentary and corrupt sources can scholars move on to the more satisfying business of making history. So too in the modern period, a necessary pre liminary to the full history of any scientific profession is the establishing of reliable quantitative information in the form of statistical series. This volume does not offer history. Instead it provides certain element- indicators -- that may be useful to individuals interested in the history of American chemistry and chemical industry, and suggestive for policy.
A Half-century of Chemistry in America, 1876-1926
Author: American Chemical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The American Synthetic Organic Chemicals Industry
Author: Kathryn SteenPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469612917
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Prior to 1914, Germany dominated the worldwide production of synthetic organic dyes and pharmaceuticals like aspirin. When World War I disrupted the supply of German chemicals to the United States, American entrepreneurs responded to the shortages and high prices by trying to manufacture chemicals domestically. Learning the complex science and industry, however, posed a serious challenge. This book explains how the United States built a synthetic organic chemicals industry in World War I and the 1920s. Kathryn Steen argues that Americans' intense anti-German sentiment in World War I helped to forge a concentrated effort among firms, the federal government, and universities to make the United States independent of "foreign chemicals." Besides mobilization efforts to make high explosives and war gases, federal policies included protective tariffs, gathering and publishing market information, and, most dramatically, confiscation of German-owned chemical subsidiaries and patents. Meanwhile, firms and universities worked hard to develop scientific and manufacturing expertise. Against a backdrop of hostilities and intrigue, Steen shows how chemicals were deeply entwined with national and international politics and policy during the war and subsequent isolationism of the turbulent early twentieth century.
Igniting The Chemical Ring Of Fire: Historical Evolution Of The Chemical Communities Of The Pacific Rim
Author: Rasmussen Seth CPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 1786344564
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
From the rise of chemical technology in antiquity to the present day, Igniting the Chemical Ring of Fire tracks the development of professional chemistry communities in the countries of the Pacific Rim. Critical in this process was the development of local education and training in chemistry. The doctorate in chemistry is generally regarded as coming into existence in early 19th century Germany, with the model spreading globally as time passed. In early years it was common for international chemistry scholars to train at the ranking German or English universities before returning to their home countries to seed a local version of the doctorate. However, little has been formally written about this process outside of Europe. Representing a first in the field for countries of the Pacific Rim, this book documents the detailed history of chemical communities in ten countries from a team of internationally renowned historians. Providing insights into how and when these countries initiated local chemistry PhD programs and became independent chemical entities, Igniting the Chemical Ring of Fire shows that there is no single path to development. Contents: PrefaceAbout the EditorIntroduction: The Pacific Rim — From Early Chemical Technology to Independent Local Chemical Communities (Seth C Rasmussen)Australia: Vehicles for the Discussion of Chemistry in Early 19th Century Sydney (Tony T Baker)Australian Chemists Crossing the Pacific to the Promised Land (Ian D Rae)Canada: Chemistry in Canada: 1720–2017 (Thomas Tidwell)China: History of the Modern Chemistry Doctoral Program in Mainland China (Vera V Mainz)Japan: International Relations of the Japanese Chemical Community (Yoshiyuki Kikuchi)Gen-itsu Kita and the Kyoto School's Formation (Yasu Furukawa)Korea: A Short Story of Chemistry in South Korea (Choon H Do)A History of the Korean Chemical Society (Gary Patterson)New Zealand: The Development of Chemistry in New Zealand (Brian Halton)Russia: High Creativity, Historical Invisibility: The Growth of Chemistry in Russia (David E Lewis)Taiwan: Development of the Natural Products Chemistry by Tetsuo Nozoe in Taiwan (Masanori Kaji)United States: Impact of the 1862 Morrill Land-Grant College Act on Chemistry Education in the United States (Roger Egolf)The Professionalization of American Chemistry: How the German PhD Model Crossed the Atlantic (Ned D Heindel, Jeffrey L Sturchio, and James J Bohning)Vietnam: History of Vietnamese Chemistry from Decolonization to the 21st Century (Pham Thi Ngoc Mai, Nguyen Thi Anh Huong, Pham Tien Duc, Hoang Quoc Anh, and Ta Thi Thao)Index Readership: Scientists, students and chemical historians alike will enjoy discovering these untold stories that travel from Canada to Australia, China to Japan and more. Keywords: Pacific Rim;Seth Rasmussen;Ring of Fire;Chemical Communities;Organic ChemistryReview:0
A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Modern Age
Author: Peter J. T. MorrisPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350251569
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Modern Age covers the period from 1914 to the present. The impact of chemistry and the chemical industry on science, war, society, and the economy has made this era the “Chemical Age”. Having prospered in the West, chemical science spread across the globe and slowly became more diversified in terms of its ethnic and gendered mix. After flourishing for sixty years, the chemical industry was impacted by the Oil Crisis of the 1970s and became almost invisible in the West. While the industry has clearly delivered many benefits to society-such as new materials and better drugs-it has been excoriated by critics for its impact on the environment. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Chemistry presents the first comprehensive history from the Bronze Age to today, covering all forms and aspects of chemistry and its ever-changing social context. The themes covered in each volume are theory and concepts; practice and experiment; laboratories and technology; culture and science; society and environment; trade and industry; learning and institutions; art and representation. Peter J. T. Morris is Honorary Research Associate at the Science Museum, London, and at University College London, UK Volume 6 in the Cultural History of Chemistry set. General Editors: Peter J. T. Morris, University College London, UK, and Alan Rocke, Case Western Reserve University, USA.
History of Science in United States
Author: Marc RothenbergPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135583188
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 637
Book Description
This Encyclopedia examines all aspects of the history of science in the United States, with a special emphasis placed on the historiography of science in America. It can be used by students, general readers, scientists, or anyone interested in the facts relating to the development of science in the United States. Special emphasis is placed in the history of medicine and technology and on the relationship between science and technology and science and medicine.
Physical Chemistry from Ostwald to Pauling
Author: John W. ServosPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400844185
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
John Servos explains the emergence of physical chemistry in America by presenting a series of lively portraits of such pivotal figures as Wilhelm Ostwald, A. A. Noyes, G. N. Lewis, and Linus Pauling, and of key institutions, including MIT, the University of California at Berkeley, and Caltech. In the early twentieth century, physical chemistry was a new hybrid science, the molecular biology of its time. The names of its progenitors were familiar to everyone who was scientifically literate; studies of aqueous solutions and of chemical thermodynamics had transformed scientific knowledge of chemical affinity. By exploring the relationship of the discipline to industry and to other sciences, and by tracing the research of its leading American practitioners, Servos shows how physical chemistry was eclipsed by its own offspring--specialties like quantum chemistry.
Anglo-American Connections in Japanese Chemistry
Author: Yoshiyuki KikuchiPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137100133
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Anglo-Japanese and American-Japanese connections in chemistry had a major impact on the institutionalization of scientific and technological higher education in Japan from the late nineteenth century and onwards. They helped define the structure of Japanese scientific pedagogical and research system that lasted well into the post-World World II period of massive technological development, when it became one of the biggest providers of chemists and chemical engineers in the world next to Europe and the United States. In telling this story, Anglo-American Connections in Japanese Chemistry explores various sites of science education such as teaching laboratories and classrooms - where British and American teachers mingled with Japanese students - to shed new light on the lab as a site of global human encounter and intricate social relations that shaped scientific practice.