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Description:This is the first comprehensive history of the chemistry department at Imperial College London. Based on archival records, oral testimony, published papers, published and unpublished memoirs, the book tells the story of this world-famous department from its foundation as the Royal College of Chemistry in 1845 to the large department it had become by the year 2000.The book covers research, teaching, departmental governance, students and social life. It also highlights the extraordinary contributions made to the war effort in both the first and second world wars. From its first professors, A. Wilhelm Hofmann and Edward Frankland, the department has been home to many eminent chemists, including, in the later twentieth century, the Nobel laureates Derek Barton and Geoffrey Wilkinson. New information on these and many others is presented in a lively narrative that places both people and events in the larger historical contexts of chemistry, politics, culture and the economy. The book will interest not only those connected with Imperial College, but anyone interested in chemistry and its history, or in higher 0Readership: Those connected with science at Imperial College, and anyone interested in chemistry and its history, or in higher education in the sciences.Chemistry, History of Science, History, Imperial College London, Royal College of Chemistry, Royal College of Science, Chemistry and War0We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Chemistry Department At Imperial College London, The: A History, 1845-2000. To get started finding Chemistry Department At Imperial College London, The: A History, 1845-2000, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 582

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd

Release: 2016

ISBN: 1783269758

Description: This is the first comprehensive history of the chemistry department at Imperial College London. Based on archival records, oral testimony, published papers, published and unpublished memoirs, the book tells the story of this world-famous department from its foundation as the Royal College of Chemistry in 1845 to the large department it had become by the year 2000.The book covers research, teaching, departmental governance, students and social life. It also highlights the extraordinary contributions made to the war effort in both the first and second world wars. From its first professors, A. Wilhelm Hofmann and Edward Frankland, the department has been home to many eminent chemists, including, in the later twentieth century, the Nobel laureates Derek Barton and Geoffrey Wilkinson. New information on these and many others is presented in a lively narrative that places both people and events in the larger historical contexts of chemistry, politics, culture and the economy. The book will interest not only those connected with Imperial College, but anyone interested in chemistry and its history, or in higher 0Readership: Those connected with science at Imperial College, and anyone interested in chemistry and its history, or in higher education in the sciences.Chemistry, History of Science, History, Imperial College London, Royal College of Chemistry, Royal College of Science, Chemistry and War0We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Chemistry Department At Imperial College London, The: A History, 1845-2000. To get started finding Chemistry Department At Imperial College London, The: A History, 1845-2000, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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