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Matter and Method in the Long Chemical Revolution Laws of Another Order
By Victor D. Boantza
Copyright 2013
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
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The seventeenth-century scientific revolution and the eighteenth-century chemical revolution are rarely considered together, either in general histories of science or in more specific surveys of early modern science or chemistry. This tendency arises from the long-held view that the rise of modern physics and the emergence of modern chemistry comprise two distinct and unconnected episodes in the... Read more
Introduction; Part I Chymistry in the Scientific Revolution; Chapter 101 Duclos and Chymistry at the Early Académie des Sciences; Chapter 1 Duclos Reads Boyle; Chapter 2 Fire, Alkahest, and Elements; Chapter 3 From Cohesion to Gravity; Chapter 4 Interlude; Part II Chemistry in the Chemical Revolution; Chapter 5 Priestley’s Quest for Airs and Ideas; Chapter 6 Pneumatic Metaphysics; Chapter 7 Operational Uniformity and a “false shew of simplicity”; Chapter 102 “Laws of Another Order”;
Biography
Victor D. Boantza is a professor in the History of Science and Technology Program at the University of Minnesota, USA.
Classified as 'Research Essential' by Baker & Taylor YBP Library Services A Yankee Book Peddler US Core Title for 2013 '... the work is extensively researched and documented ... Recommended.' Choice '... this is a valuable study that provides a thoughtful analysis of the history of chemistry and the long and complicated revolution that propelled it into the modern era.' Sixteenth Century Journal '... Boantza has made a worthwhile, thought-provoking contribution to the literature on the chemical revolution and scientific controversies, which should be read by historians of chemistry as well as historians and philosophers of scientific revolutions.' Early Science & Medicine 'One thing is certain... Boantza's challenging arguments will fuel much debate within the history of chemistry community in the years to come.' Ambix 'Historians of chemistry will ... find Boantza's account of the 'Long Chemical Revolution' intrinsically interesting and stimulating. Philosophers of chemistry concerned with the abiding problematic of 'reduction' would also benefit from an encounter with Boantza's sense of its intricate and variegated nature. This is an important book, which deserves and will reward the attention of historians and philosophers of science.' HYLE - International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry
