Sets the progress of science and technology in its cultural context during the period often described as a "chemical revolution" from 1700-1815.
A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century covers the period from 1700 to 1815. Setting the progress of science and technology in its cultural context, the volume re-examines the changes that many have considered to constitute a "chemical revolution". Already boasting a laboratory culture open to both manufacturing and commerce, the discipline of chemistry now extended into academies and universities. Chemists studied myriad materials - derived from minerals, plants, and animals - and produced an increasing number of chemical substances such as acids, alkalis, and gases. New textbooks offered opportunities for classifying substances, rethinking old theories and elaborating new ones. By the end of the period in Europe and across the globe - chemistry now embodied the promise of unifying practice and theory.
The six-volume set of the Cultural History of Chemistry presents the first comprehensive history from the Bronze Age to today, covering all forms and aspects of chemistry and its ever-changing social context. The themes covered in each volume are theory and concepts; practice and experiment; laboratories and technology; culture and science; society and environment; trade and industry; learning and institutions; art and representation.
Matthew Daniel Eddy is Professor and Chair in the History and Philosophy of Science at Durham University, UK. Ursula Klein is Senior Research Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany.
A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century is the fourth volume in the six-volume set, A Cultural History of Chemistry, also available online as part of Bloomsbury Cultural History, a fully-searchable digital library (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).
General Editors: Peter J. T. Morris, University College London, UK, and Alan Rocke, Case Western Reserve University, USA.
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An excellent complement for students as much as an enjoyable read for those interested in the history of chemistry and the history of science in general. -- Leonardo Anatrini * Bulletin for the History of Chemistry *
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Sets the progress of science and technology in its cultural context during the period often described as a "chemical revolution" from 1700-1815.
Series Preface
List of Illustrations
Introduction: The Core Concepts and Cultural Context of Eighteenth-Century Chemistry, Ursula Klein and Matthew Daniel Eddy
1.Theory and Concepts: Transformations of Chemical Ideas in the Eighteenth Century, Ursula Klein
2.Practice and Experiment: Operations, Skills, and Experience in Eighteenth-Century Chemistry, Victor Boantza 3.Laboratories and Technology, Marco Beretta
4.Culture and Knowledge: Chemistry in its Golden Age, Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent
5.Society and Environment: Chemistry and Daily Life during the Eighteenth Century, Matthew Daniel Eddy
6.Trade and Industry: An Era of New Chemical Industries and Technologies, Leslie Tomory
7.Learning and Institutions: Didactic Chemistry and Practical Instruction, John C. Powers
8.Art and Representation: Cultural Modalities of Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century, John R. R. Christie
Notes
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
Matthew Daniel Eddy is Professor and Chair in the History and Philosophy of Science at Durham University, UK.
Ursula Klein is Senior Research Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany.
