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Chemistry The Impure Science

By Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent , Jonathan Simon

Book information

Publisher
Imperial College Press
Year
2008
ISBN
1-84816-225-1, 978-1-84816-225-9
LCC
QD31.3 .B455 2008
Open Library ID
OL23606941M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12881590 bytes)
Pages
281\281
Library
Kingdwarf
Time added
2010-01-07 06:59:20

Description

This book uses history to introduce central issues in the philosophy of chemistry. Mobilizing the theme of impurity, it explores the tradition of chemistry s negative image. It then argues for the positive philosophical value of chemistry, reflecting its characteristic practical engagement with the material world. The book concludes with some ethical reflections concerning chemistry s orientations in the twenty-first century. Contents: Introduction: Chemistry and its Discontents; Chemistry and Pollution; The Damnation of the Alchemist; The Space of the Laboratory; Proof in the Laboratory; Chemistry Creates Its Object; A Duel between Two Conceptions of Matter; Chemistry versus Physics; Atoms or Elements; Positivism and Chemistry; Atoms as Fictions; Agency and Relations; Taming the Nanoworld; Towards a Responsible Chemistry.

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