Mixture and Chemical Combination: And Related EssaysSpringer Science & Business Media, 2013年4月17日 - 322 頁 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. Audience: This volume is of interest to Duhem scholars, philosophers of science and chemists with an interest in philosophy. |
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Preface | 3 |
vi | 10 |
The Notion of a Mixt in the Eighteenth Century up to | 17 |
Simple Substances | 31 |
Chemical Substitution | 57 |
Isomers and Stereochemistry | 78 |
First Attempts | 95 |
Conclusion | 114 |
The Evolution of Physical Theories from the Seventeenth | 193 |
in Connection with a Recent Book | 215 |
The Phase Law in Connection with a Recent Book | 235 |
Physical Chemistry 1899 | 253 |
The Work of J H van t Hoff in Connection with | 277 |
On Some Recent Extensions of Statics and Dynamics 1901 | 291 |
On Bodies and Mixtures or Combinations 1911 | 311 |