UID:
almafu_9960119510902883
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 333 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-86560-0
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0-511-56439-2
Content:
Gay-Lussac is best known for his chemical work but also made important contributions to other physical sciences and technology. This is the first work to examine critically both the scientific work and the man behind it. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) lived through three revolutions in France and his life reflected the social transformations taking place around him. His education and early progress in science depended on the Revolution of 1789 and on the patronage of the chemist Berthollet, a close associate of Napoleon Bonaparte. Gay-Lussac may be seen as the first 'professional' scientist and indeed, throughout the book, Professor Crosland emphasises that he knew how to use his science to solve practical problems and was able to profit considerably from this application.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover; Half-title; Title ; Copyright; Contents; Preface ; Chronological table ; List of abbreviations ; 1 A young provincial in Paris ; Introduction ; Early education ; The Ecole Polytechnique ; The Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees ; 2 The apprentice of Arcueil ; Assistant to Berthollet ; The thermal expansion of gases as studied by Gay-Lussac and Dalton ; Balloon ascents ; Election to the Institute ; The Arcueil group ; On the staff of the Ecole Polytechnique and a European tour ; Marriage ; 3 Personal influences and the search for laws ; Lavoisier's influence ; Berthollet's influence. Laplace's programme and influence The influence of the Arcueil circle on the formulation of the law of combining volumes of gases ; The search for laws ; The law of combining volumes of gases ; Scientific laws ; Tables and graphs ; Analogical argument and classification ; Scientific method ; 4 Collaboration and rivalry ; Rivalry with Davy ; The 'discovery' of iodine ; Differences of style and character ; 5 The volumetric approach ; Reacting volumes and chemical composition ; Vapour densities ; Organic chemistry and the practical determination of vapour densities. The influence of the volumetric approach 6 Scientific research ; Scientific productivity ; Work in physics ; The physical chemist ; Prussic acid and cyanogen ; The problem of acidity ; Isomerism ; Atomic weights and equivalents ; Fermentation ; 7 Professor, Academician and editor ; The Faculty of Science ; The Ecole Polytechnique ; The Museum d'Histoire Naturelle ; The Academician ; The Annales de chimie et de physique ; Gay-Lussac under attack ; 8 A scientist in the service of government and industry ; The Gunpowder Service ; The Mint ; Alcoholometry ; Stearic candles. The Saint-Gobain Company The Gay-Lussac tower ; 9 A new technique and the dissemination of technical information ; Volumetric analysis ; Apparatus ; Instructions ; Estimation of saltpetre ; Estimation of bleaching powder ; Estimation of silver ; Lightning conductors ; 10 Scientist and bourgeois in the political arena ; Salaries and sympathies ; The political arena ; The Chamber of Deputies ; Protectionism ; Applied science and industry ; 11 The legacy ; Students and research associates ; The family ; Conclusion ; Appendix: select correspondence ; Notes ; Select bibliography ; Name index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-52483-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-21979-5
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511564390
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511564390
