1st Edition

Science and Industry in the Nineteenth Century

By J.D. Bernal Copyright 2006
    250 Pages
    by Routledge

    250 Pages
    by Routledge

    Published in 2005, Science and Industry in the Nineteenth Century is a valuable contribution to the field of Economic History.

    NO 1: SCIENCE & INDUSTRY: J D BERNAL

    CONTENTS

    PREFACE page v

    SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY IN THE

    NINETEENTH CENTURY

    I. INTRODUCTION 3

    II. HEAT AND ENERGY 39

    III. FERMENTS AND MICROBES 70

    IV. THE AGE OF STEEL 93

    V. ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER 113

    VI. CONCLUSIONS 134

    MOLECULAR ASYMMETRY

    VII. MOLECULAR ASYMMETRY

    INDEX 118

    CHART 220

    end of book

    Antecedents and consequences of Pasteur’s

    discovery of molecular asymmetry

    Biography

    J.D. Bernal