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Book SynopsisPeter J. T. Morris is Honorary Research Associate at the Science Museum, London, and at University College London, UK
Trade ReviewEducational, and fun to read. -- Roald Hoffmann * Bulletin for the History of Chemistry *
Table of ContentsSeries Preface List of Illustrations List of Tables Introduction, Peter J.T. Morris 1.Theory and Concepts: Stability and Transformation in Chemical Problems and Explanation 1914 to the Present, Mary Jo Nye 2.Practice and Experiment: From Laboratory Research to Teaching and Policy Making, José Ramón Bertomeu-Sánchez and Antonio García-Belmar 3.Laboratories and Technology: An Era of Transformations, Peter J.T. Morris 4.Culture and Science: Materials and Methods in Society, Carsten Reinhardt 5.Society and Environment: The Advance of Women and the International Regulation of Pollution, Peter Reed 6.Trade and Industry: The Growth, Diversification, and Dissolution of a Global Industry, Peter J.T. Morris and Anthony S. Travis 7.Learning and Institutions: Global Developments since 1914, Jeffrey Allan Johnson, Yasu Furukawa, and Lijing Jiang 8.Art and Representation: From the ‘Mad Scientist’ to Poison Gas and Chemical Pollution, Joachim Schummer Notes Bibliography Contributor’s List Index
