{"product_id":"cultural-history-of-chemistry-in-the-eighteenth-century","title":"Cultural History of Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** \u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Chemistry: Volumes 1-6 \u003c\/i\u003eis a 2023 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e covers the period from 1700 to 1815.\u003c\/b\u003e Setting the progress of science and technology in its cultural context, the volume re-examines the changes that many have considered to constitute a \"chemical revolution\". Already boasting a laboratory culture open to both manufacturing and commerce, the discipline of chemistry now extended into academies and universities. Chemists studied myriad materials - derived from minerals, plants, and animals - and produced an increasing number of chemical substances such as acids, alkalis, and gases. New textbooks offered opportunities for classifying substances, rethinking old theories and elaborating new ones. By the end of the period – in Europe and across the globe - chemistry now embodied the promise of unifying practice and theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The six-volume set of the \u003ci\u003eCultural History of Chemistry\u003c\/i\u003e presents the first comprehensive history from the Bronze Age to today, covering all forms and aspects of chemistry and its ever-changing social context. The themes covered in each volume are theory and concepts; practice and experiment; laboratories and technology; culture and science; society and environment; trade and industry; learning and institutions; art and representation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMatthew Daniel Eddy\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Chair in the History and Philosophy of Science at Durham University, UK. \u003cb\u003eUrsula Klein\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Research Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e is the fourth volume in the six-volume set, \u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Chemistry\u003c\/i\u003e, also available online as part of Bloomsbury Cultural History, a fully-searchable digital library (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).\u003cbr\u003e General Editors: Peter J. T. Morris, University College London, UK, and Alan Rocke, Case Western Reserve University, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54250179002712,"sku":"9781350552142","price":32.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350552142.jpg?v=1777885226","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/cultural-history-of-chemistry-in-the-eighteenth-century","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}