From the Molecular World A Nineteenth-Century Science Fantasy /

• Main Author: Rocke, Alan J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; History.; Physical chemistry.; Physics.; Physical Chemistry.; History of Science.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

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...

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.