1st Edition

Science and Industry in the Nineteenth Century

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

250 Pages
by Routledge

248 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