Cathedrals of Science: The Personalities and Rivalries That Made Modern Chemistry

by PatrickCoffey (Author), PatrickCoffey (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $43.22

  Like any other human endeavor, chemistry was built by real people, with all their strengths and faults. Cathedrals of Science describes its construction-the intersection of science and personality that transformed chemistry, with its chemists struggling for understanding, squabbling over scientific credit, and making moral choices about chemical warfare, totalitarianism, and nuclear weapons.