A philatelic ramble through chemistry
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A philatelic ramble through chemistry
Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta , Wiley-VCH, 2004
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"First edition 1998 (Hardcover). Reprint of the first edition 2004 (Paperback)"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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内容説明
This is not a history of chemistry which uses stamps instead of the usual illustrations, but a collection of short essays and comments on such chemistry as can be found on postage stamps and other philatelic items. In other words, the choice of topics is dictated by the philatelic material available, with the necessary consequence that important parts of chemical history will be missing for the simple reason that they have not found their way onto postage stamps. Thus, the reader may find detailed comments on lesser known chemists, such as Wilhelm August Lampadius who has been honoured with two stamps by the German Post Office, but hardly anything on such luminaries as Robert Bunsen, who have not been deemed worthy of a commemorative issue.
目次
1. THE BEGINNINGS. Greek Chemistry. Chinese Chemistry and Alchemy. 2. ALCHEMY, THE CHEMISTRY OF THE MIDDLE AGES. Overview. A Brief History of Alchemy. Our Alchemical Inheritance. Alchemists in Literature and Art. Named Alchemists on Stamps. 3. INORGANIC CHEMISTY. The Development of Inorganic Chemistry. The Discovery and Naming of the Elements. 4. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. Introductory Remarks. The Emergence of 'Organic Chemistry'. Benzene and the Aromatic Compounds. Chirality. Organic Chemistry After 1880. Polymers. Biochemistry. 5. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL PHYSICS. Introductory Remarks. Thermochemistry: Temperature and Heat Capacities. Chemical Equilibria and Chemical Kinetics. Thermodynamics. Properties of Gaes. Electrochemistry. Theoretical Chemistry, a Comment. 6. SPECTROSCOPY. The Experimental Techniques. Understanding the Electromagnetic Spectrum and its Interaction with Matter. 7. X-RAY STRUCTURE ANALYSIS. Crystals. X-Rays and their Diffraction by Crystals. X-Ray Structure Analysis. Examples of X-Ray Structure Determination. 8. TECHNICAL CHEMISTRY. Some Preliminary Comments. Beer. Sugar. Cosmetics and Pharmaceuticals. Polymers. Paper. Minerals. Petroleum. Metals. Glass. Photography. 9. MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS. Chemical Education. The Anonymous Chemist. Tools of the Chemist. Elemental Symbols and Chemical Formulae. Chemical Societies and Meetings. Chomical Errors on Chomical Stamps. Stamp Identification List. Name Index. Subject Index.
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