Fifth Business
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-83958-5 (ISBN)
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Fifth Business is a biography of the English chemist, educator, and scientific critic Henry Edward Armstrong. Today, Armstrong, who was a central figure in the development of the science of chemistry between 1885 and 1914, is more remembered for his campaigns to improve the teaching of chemistry, and science generally, and less for his theory of residual affinity and reverse electrolysis—or his hostility toward physical chemistry. However, right up until his retirement, Armstrong was a significant and prolific organic chemist, as well as a major figure in the academic and social life of the Chemical Society, where he successfully waged a campaign against the admission of women.
Fifth Business is structured as chronologically as possible, with Armstrong’s life and achievements as an active chemist as the focus of Part I (1848–1911) and as a critic in his long retirement in Part II (1911–1937). Brock’s authoritative biography provides a unique inside look through which we can better understand the history of British science, scientific institutions, scientific education, pedagogical theory, and social relations of science during the last third of the nineteenth and the first third of the twentieth century.
William H. Brock is emeritus professor of the history of science at the University of Leicester. He is the author of several books, among them, The History of Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction; William Crookes (1832–1919) and the Commercialization of Science; Justus Von Liebig: The Chemical Gatekeeper; Science for All: Studies in the History of Victorian Science and Education; and The Norton History of Chemistry.
Notes on Abbreviations, References, Bibliographies, and Illustrations
Preface
Part I
One. Becoming a Chemist
Two. Cobbling a Career in London
Three. Finsbury College
Four. The Central Chemist
Five. Chemical Research at the Central Technical College
Six. Running the Chemical Society
Seven. The Admission of Women into the Chemical Society
Eight. The Heuristic Method
Nine. Ionomania
Part II
Ten. Semi-Retirement
Eleven. The Great War
Twelve. Heurism Denigrated
Thirteen. The 1920s
Fourteen. Campaigns Old and New
Fifteen. The Lewis Carroll of Chemistry
Sixteen. The Final Years
Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Archives Consulted
Cited Works by Henry Edward Armstrong
General Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.6.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Synthesis |
| Zusatzinfo | 10 halftones |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-226-83958-3 / 0226839583 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-226-83958-5 / 9780226839585 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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