Article ID: CBB000850324

Wilhelm Ostwald's Energetics 2: Energetic Theory and Applications, Part I (2007)

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This is the second of a series of essays on the development and reception of Wilhelm Ostwald's energetics. The first essay described the chemical origins of Ostwald's interest in the energy concept and his motivations for seeking a comprehensive science of energy. The present essay and the next discuss his various attempts, beginning in 1891 and extending over almost 3 years, to develop a consistent and coherent energetic theory. A final essay will consider reactions to this work and Ostwald's replies, and will also seek to evaluate his program of research. Ostwald's project -- to reconstruct physics and chemistry ``as a pure energetics'' -- is worth attending to for several reasons: first, because Ostwald did ground-breaking work in chemistry (he was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1909 for his studies in catalysis and rates of reaction); second, because an important school of physical chemistry formed around him at Leipzig, a school that promoted his ideas; and, finally, because he was a prominent and vigorous participant in debates at the end of the nineteenth century concerning the proper course of physical theory.

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Description First of three essays on Ostwald's nearly 3-year effort at Leipzig beginning in 1891 to develop a consistent, coherent energetic theory.


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Article Deltete, Robert J. (2008) Wilhelm Ostwald's Energetics 3: Energetic Theory and Applications, Part II. Foundations of Chemistry (p. 187). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Schlote, Karl-Heinz
Deltete, Robert J.
Coelho, Ricardo Lopes
Beyer, Lothar
Kenichi Natsume
Scholz, Fritz
Concepts
Physics
Chemistry
Energy (physics)
Conservation of energy (physical concept)
Philosophy
Autobiographies
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Leipzig (Germany)
Germany
St. Petersburg (Russia)
United States
Russia
Croatia
Institutions
Universität Leipzig
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