Book ID: CBB000008236

Lavoisier and the chemistry of life: An exploration of scientific creativity (1985)

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Holmes, Frederic Lawrence (Author)


University of Wisconsin Press


Publication Date: 1985
Physical Details: xxiv + 565 pp.; illus.; notes; index

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Review Albury, W.R. (1986) Review of "Lavoisier and the chemistry of life: An exploration of scientific creativity". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 82-83). unapi

Review Rocke, A.J. (1986) Review of "Lavoisier and the chemistry of life: An exploration of scientific creativity". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (p. 254). unapi

Review Morgan, N. (1986) Review of "Lavoisier and the chemistry of life: An exploration of scientific creativity". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (p. 154). unapi

Review Abbri, F. (1986) Review of "Lavoisier and the chemistry of life: An exploration of scientific creativity". Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza (pp. 209-13). unapi

Review Palter, R. (1989) Review of "Lavoisier and the chemistry of life: An exploration of scientific creativity". Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences (pp. 349-401). unapi

Review Maienschein, J. (1986) Review of "Lavoisier and the chemistry of life: An exploration of scientific creativity". History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (pp. 160-61). unapi

Review Melhado, E.M. (1986) Review of "Lavoisier and the chemistry of life: An exploration of scientific creativity". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 511-14). unapi

Review Coley, N.G. (1987) Review of "Lavoisier and the chemistry of life: An exploration of scientific creativity". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 85-86). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Kritsman, Viktor Abramovich
Büttner, Johannes
Aimé, Annie
Almenara, Carlos A.
Maïano, Christophe
Stolberg, Michael
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, Fachgruppe Geschichte der Chemie
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
VIET: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki
Organon: International Review
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Publishers
American Philosophical Society
Concepts
Metabolism; physiological chemistry
Medicine
Public health
Nutrition; dietetics
Human physiology
Food and foods
People
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent
Berthollet, Claude Louis
De Machy, Jean François
Santorio, Santorio
Olivi, Guiseppe
Laplace, Pierre Simon
Time Periods
18th century
Early modern
17th century
16th century
19th century
Places
France
Italy
British Isles
Institutions
Neuf Sœurs
Società dei Filochimici di Padova
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
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