Cathedrals of Science by Patrick Coffey

Cathedrals of Science by Patrick Coffey

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.

Coffey aims at unveiling how different personal characteristics led to differences in scientific stylesHow friendships, camaraderie, enmities and rivalries played a role in shaping developments in science, in strengthening scientific and social networks, in articulation of research groups, in the establishment of codes of conduct between senior researchers and young students, and in responding to various political context, often extreme as in the case of the two world wars. Definitely, it is when discussing how conflicts of personalitites and controversies over scientific matters shape the real world of physical chemistry, that the author excels. * Metascience *
... a gripping page-turning narrative that elegantly combines popular science with a serious history of science. * Chemistry World *

Coffey spent most of his career in the design of instruments for chemical research and was a co-founder of a number of scientific instrument companies. In 2003, he began research into the history of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley.

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ISBN 13	9780195321340
ISBN 10	0195321340
Title	Cathedrals of Science
Author	Patrick Coffey
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press Inc
Year published	2008-11-27
Number of pages	400
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