Chemistry and Chemists in Florence From the Last of the Medici Family to the European Magnetic Resonance Center /

• Main Authors: Fontani, Marco (Author), Orna, Mary Virginia (Author), Costa, Mariagrazia (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Italy > History.; History.; Chemistry > History.; History of Chemistry.; History of Science.; History of Italy.

This brief offers a novel vision of the city of Florence, tracing the development of chemistry via the biographies of its most illustrious chemists. It documents not only important scientific research that came from the hands of Galileo Galilei and the physicists who followed in his footsteps, but a...