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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: From the Molecular World
    sub title: A Nineteenth-Century Science Fantasy
  name:
    name part: Rocke, Alan J.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: VII, 105 p. 1 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: Hermann Kopp (1817–1892) is best remembered today as a historian of chemistry, but during his lifetime he was one of the most eminent chemists of his day, and one of the earliest pioneers of physical chemistry. Late in his career he wrote an endearing fantasy about personified molecules. Published in 1882, Aus der Molecular-Welt (From the Molecular World) portrayed the intimate details of what might actually be happening in the sub-microscopic world; the atoms and molecules we meet there have agency, personalities, sometimes even dialog. Filled with appealing tropes, humor, and whimsical asides, Kopp’s short book provided an examination of the chemistry and physics of his day that was always light-hearted on the surface, but often surprisingly profound. Properly interpreted, the book provides a revealing tour of nineteenth-century debates concerning chemical theory. It is here translated into English, richly annotated, and equipped with an illuminating preface by a leading historian of chemistry. It will provide entertaining reading to practicing chemists, as well as new insights to historians of science.
  table of contents: Introduction: The Molecular World of Hermann Kopp -- A Brief Biography -- Scientific work -- The making of the Molecular World -- The reception -- Concluding reflections -- References.
  note: by Alan J. Rocke.
  subject:
    topic: Chemistry
  subject:
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Physical chemistry
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Chemistry
  subject:
    topic: Physical Chemistry
  subject:
    topic: History of Science
  subject:
    topic: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
  classification: QD450-882
  classification: 541
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science
  identifier: 9783642274169
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27416-9
  record info:
    record creation date: 120118
    record change date: 20151204191356.0
    record identifier: 978-3-642-27416-9