Book ID: CBB026239631

Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Torbern Bergman: The Science, Lives and Friendship of Two Pioneers in Chemistry (2021)

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Lennartson, Anders (Author)


Springer


Publication Date: 2021
Physical Details: 452
Language: English

This book tells the story of two of the most important figures in the history of chemistry. Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786) was the first to prepare oxygen and realise that air is a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen; he also discovered many important organic and inorganic substances. His fellow chemist and good friend, Torbern Bergman (1735–1784), was one of the pioneers in analytical and physical chemistry. In this carefully researched biography, the author, Anders Lennartson, explains the chemistry of Scheele and Bergman while putting their discoveries in the context of other 18th-century chemistry. Much of the information contained in this work is available in English for the first time.

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Review Frank A. J. L. James (2022) Review of "Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Torbern Bergman: The Science, Lives and Friendship of Two Pioneers in Chemistry". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (pp. 196-197). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Simões, Ana Luís
Joop van Doorn
Willem Reijnders
Henk Smit
Jantien Backer
Reinhard W. Hoffmann
Concepts
Biographies
Discovery in science
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Chemistry
Organic chemistry
Physical chemistry
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
20th century, early
Enlightenment
17th century
Places
Germany
Yorkshire (England)
England
Americas
Sweden
Portugal
Institutions
Prussian Academy of Sciences
University of Chicago
Cambridge University
California Institute of Technology
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