Mixture and Chemical Combination : And Related Essays Paperback / softback
by Pierre Duhem
Part of the Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science series
Paperback / softback
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Much of Duhem's work as a professional scientist was closely related to the newly emerging discipline of physical chemistry.
The book and associated papers translated here revolve around his concomitant philosophical and historical interests in chemistry-topics largely uncovered by Duhem's writings hitherto available in English.
He understood contemporary concerns of chemists to be a development of the ancient dispute over the nature of mixture.
Having developed his historical account from distinctions drawn from the atomists and Aristotelians of antiquity, he places his own views of chemical combination squarely within the Aristotelian tradition.
Apart from illuminating Duhem's own work, it is of interest to see how the ancient dispute can be related to modern science by someone competent to make such comparisons.
The book is lucid and logically stringent without assuming any particular mathematical prerequisites, and provides a masterly statement of an important line of nineteenth century thought which is of interest in its own right as well as providing insight into Duhem's broader philosophical views.
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- Pages:322 pages, XXX, 322 p.
- Publisher:Springer
- Publication Date:11/01/2011
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- ISBN:9789048159246
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:322 pages, XXX, 322 p.
- Publisher:Springer
- Publication Date:11/01/2011
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- ISBN:9789048159246
