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- Highlights the significance of John Winthrop, Jr.’s life and works for chemistry
- Examines the role of Harvard College in connection with developments in alchemy and iatrochemistry
- Sheds new light on the life and works of Cotton Mather, especially Magnalia Christi Americana
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science (BRIEFSMOLECULAR)
Part of the book sub series: History of Chemistry (BRIESFHISTCHEM)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Reviews
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
Gary Patterson
About the author
Gary Patterson is Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Chair of its Heritage Council. He was educated at Harvey Mudd College (B.S. Chemistry, 1968) and Stanford University (Ph.D. Physical Chemistry 1972). He was a Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories from 1972-1984. He was Professor of Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University from 1984-2018. He was the Charles Price Fellow at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in 2004-2005. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Physical Society. Professor Patterson is the Historian of the Division of the History of Chemistry of the American Chemical Society.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chemistry in 17th-Century New England
Authors: Gary Patterson
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43261-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-43260-7Published: 16 May 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-43261-4Published: 15 May 2020
Series ISSN: 2191-5407
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5415
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 94
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Chemistry, History of the Americas, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology/Toxicology