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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 223)
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Origins of the Chemical Revolution
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From the chemical revolution to our time
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Essays
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About this book
Much of Duhem's work as a professional scientist was closely related to the newly emerging discipline of physical chemistry. The book and associated papers translated here revolve around his concomitant philosophical and historical interests in chemistry-topics largely uncovered by Duhem's writings hitherto available in English. He understood contemporary concerns of chemists to be a development of the ancient dispute over the nature of mixture. Having developed his historical account from distinctions drawn from the atomists and Aristotelians of antiquity, he places his own views of chemical combination squarely within the Aristotelian tradition. Apart from illuminating Duhem's own work, it is of interest to see how the ancient dispute can be related to modern science by someone competent to make such comparisons. The book is lucid and logically stringent without assuming any particular mathematical prerequisites, and provides a masterly statement of an important line of nineteenth century thought which is of interest in its own right as well as providing insight into Duhem's broader philosophical views.
Reviews
(E.R. Webster, emerita, Wellesley College in Choice, November 2002)
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mixture and Chemical Combination
Book Subtitle: And Related Essays
Authors: Pierre Duhem
Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2292-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0232-8Published: 31 January 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5924-6Published: 29 January 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2292-6Published: 17 April 2013
Series ISSN: 0068-0346
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 322
Topics: Philosophy of Science, Chemistry/Food Science, general, History, general