Book ID: CBB000950222

An Element of Controversy: The Life of Chlorine in Science, Medicine, Technology and War (2007)

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Chang, Hasok (Editor)
Jackson, Catherine M. (Editor)


British Society for the History of Science


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: ix + 407 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Collections of essays by undergraduate students at University College, London. Includes a chapter “Epilogue: Turning An Undergraduate Class into a Professional Research Community” by Hasok Chang.


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Review Russell, Colin A. (2010) Review of "An Element of Controversy: The Life of Chlorine in Science, Medicine, Technology and War". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (p. 314). unapi

Review Giunta, Carmen (2010) Review of "An Element of Controversy: The Life of Chlorine in Science, Medicine, Technology and War". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 79). unapi

Review Park, Buhm Soon (2010) Review of "An Element of Controversy: The Life of Chlorine in Science, Medicine, Technology and War". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 687). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Porto, Paulo Alves
Baldwin, Melinda Clare
Bonini Viana, Hélio Elael
Chabot, Hugues
Chang, Hasok
El-Hani, Charbel Niño
Journals
Science and Education
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
Hyle
科学史研究 Kagakusi Kenkyu (History of Science)
Revue d'Histoire de la Pharmacie
Publishers
Springer
Mimesis
Concepts
Teaching history of science
Chemistry
Science education and teaching
Teaching; pedagogy
Chlorine
Textbooks
People
Scheele, Carl Wilhelm
Davy, Humphry
Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis
Mendel, Gregor Johann
Rennie, James
Thénard, Louis Jacques
Time Periods
18th century
20th century
21st century
19th century
17th century
20th century, early
Places
Brazil
Germany
Japan
United States
East Asia
Institutions
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
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