Overview
- Describes the history of chemistry in Florence
- Portrays the development of the disciplines of chemistry
- Includes biographies of outstanding scientists from the 17th century to modern times
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science (BRIEFSMOLECULAR)
Part of the book sub series: History of Chemistry (BRIESFHISTCHEM)
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Mary Virginia Orna is Professor of Chemistry at the College of New Rochelle, NY. She has lectured and published widely in the areas of color chemistry and archaeological chemistry and, following a sabbatical leave at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, she has maintained a research relationship with art historians in the area of pigment content of medieval manuscripts. She has authored numerous journal articles, book chapters and encyclopedia articles, four books and edited nine others. She is active in several divisions of the American Chemical Society, having served as Chair, Program Chair andTreasurer of the Division of the History of Chemistry. She is the author of The Chemical History of Color (Springer: Heidelberg, 2013).
Mariagrazia Costa has been associated with the Laboratory for Educational Research in Teaching Chemistry and Integrated Science, of the Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, since 1986. She is a member of the Gruppo Nazionale di Storia e Fondamenti della Chimica (National Group of History and Fundamentals of Chemistry) and authored or co-authored approximately 215 publications and 10 audiovisual works.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chemistry and Chemists in Florence
Book Subtitle: From the Last of the Medici Family to the European Magnetic Resonance Center
Authors: Marco Fontani, Mary Virginia Orna, Mariagrazia Costa
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30856-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30854-8Published: 26 April 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30856-2Published: 15 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2191-5407
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5415
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 123
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Chemistry, History of Science, History of Italy