Theory choice in the history of chemical practices [electronic resource] / Emma Tobin, Chiara Ambrosio, editors.
Tobin, Emma, editor.; Ambrosio, Chiara, editor.
2016
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Title Theory choice in the history of chemical practices [electronic resource] / Emma Tobin, Chiara Ambrosio, editors.
ISBN 9783319298931 (electronic book)
3319298933 (electronic book)
9783319298917
Published Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 80 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number QD15
Dewey Decimal Classification 540.9
Summary This collection of essays examines the question of theory from the perspective of the history of chemistry. Through the lens of a number of different periods, the authors provide a historical analysis of the question of theory in the history of chemical practice. The consensus picture that emerges is that the history of science tells us a much more complex story about theory choice. A glimpse at scientific practice at the time shows that different, competing as well as non-competing, theories were used in the context of the scientific practice at the various times and sometimes played a pivotal pedagogical role in training the next generation of chemists. This brief brings together a history of chemical practice, and in so doing reveals that theory choice is conceptually more problematic than was originally conceived. This volume was produced as part of the Ad HOC chemistry research group hosted by University College London and University of Cambridge.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 7, 2016).
Added Author Tobin, Emma, editor.
Ambrosio, Chiara, editor.
Series SpringerBriefs in molecular science. History of chemistry.
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Introduction
Theory Choice in Medieval Alchemy
Theory Choice in the Seventeenth Century: Robert Boyle against the Paraclesian Tria Prima
Choice or No Choice? Affinity and Theory Choice
One of These Things is just like the Others: Substitution as Motivator in Eighteenth Century Chemistry
Theory Choice in Chemistry: Attitudes to Computer Modelling in Chemistry.

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