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Lothar Meyer
Modern Theories and Pathways to PeriodicityClassic Texts in the Sciences
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96,29 € |
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| Verlag: | Birkhäuser |
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| Veröffentl.: | 09.03.2022 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9783030783426 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 193 |
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<p>This book provides an English translation of the early fundamental contributions of Lothar Meyer (1830-1895) regarding his independent discovery, coincident with that of Dmitrii Mendeleev, of the periodic system of the elements. Although an English translation of the 5th edition of Meyer´s book <i>Modern Theories of Chemistry and their Significance for Chemical Statics</i> was published in 1888, this will be the first time that these crucial early texts will be available in English. These writings reveal details regarding Meyer´s research pathway to the idea of periodicity and to an arrangement of the chemical elements in tables and graphs.<br><br>An introductory commentary and interpolated editorial footnotes to the texts clarify the (physico)-chemical background regarding the various shifts in thought during the crucial period from 1860 to the early 1870s. A short biography of Lothar Meyer completes the book.</p><p><br>The volume includes a complete translation of the first edition of <i>Modern Theories of Chemistry and their Significance for Chemical Statics</i> (1864), the ground-breaking paper “The Nature of the Chemical Elements as a Function of their Atomic Weights” in <i>Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie</i>, suppl. vol. 7 (1870), 354-64, and portions of the revised second edition of <i>Modern Theories of Chemistry and their Significance for Chemical Statics </i>(1872).</p><p></p>
Preface.- Commentary.- <i>Modern Theories of Chemistry.- </i>The Nature of the Chemical Elements, as a Function of their Atomic Weights.- <i>Modern Theories of Chemistry.- </i>Personal Names Mentioned in the Texts or Commentary.
This book provides an English translation of the early fundamental contributions of Lothar Meyer (1830-1895) regarding his independent discovery, coincident with that of Dmitrii Mendeleev, of the periodic system of the elements. Although an English translation of the 5th edition of Meyer´s book <i>Modern Theories of Chemistry and their Significance for Chemical Statics</i> was published in 1888, this will be the first time that these crucial early texts will be available in English. These writings reveal details regarding Meyer´s research pathway to the idea of periodicity and to an arrangement of the chemical elements in tables and graphs.<p><br>An introductory commentary and interpolated editorial footnotes to the texts clarify the (physico)-chemical background regarding the various shifts in thought during the crucial period from 1860 to the early 1870s. A short biography of Lothar Meyer completes the book.</p><p><br>The volume includes a complete translation of the firstedition of <i>Modern Theories of Chemistry and their Significance for Chemical Statics</i> (1864), the ground-breaking paper “The Nature of the Chemical Elements as a Function of their Atomic Weights” in <i>Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie</i>, suppl. vol. 7 (1870), 354-64, and portions of the revised second edition of <i>Modern Theories of Chemistry and their Significance for Chemical Statics</i> (1872).</p>
Provides an English translation of the early fundamental contributions of Lothar Meyer (1830-1895) to the periodic system Editorial commentary gives insight into the various shifts in thought during the crucial period from 1860 to the early 1870s Includes a short biography of Lothar Meyer
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