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008 090512s2009 ne b 001 0 eng d
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100 1 $aChalmers, A. F.$q(Alan Francis),$d1939-
245 14 $aThe scientist's atom and the philosopher's stone :$bhow science succeeded and philosophy failed to gain knowledge of atoms /$cAlan Chalmers.
246 30 $aHow science succeeded and philosophy failed to gain knowledge of atoms
260 $aDordrecht ;$aNew York :$bSpringer,$cc2009.
300 $axii, 287 p. ;$c25 cm.
490 1 $aBoston studies in the philosophy of science,$x0068-0346 ;$vv. 279
505 2 $aAtomism : science or philosophy? -- Democritean atomism -- How does Epicurus's garden grow? -- Atomism in its ancient Greek perspective -- From the ancient Greeks to the dawn of science -- Atomism, experiment and the mechanical philosophy : the work of Robert Boyle -- Newton's atomism and its fate -- The emergence of modern chemistry with no debt to atomism -- Dalton's atomism and tis creative modification via chemical formulae -- From Avogadro to Cannizzaro : the old story -- Thermodynamics and the kinetic theory -- Experimental contact with molecules -- Experimental contact with electrons -- Atomism vindicated?
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-276) and indexes.
650 0 $aAtomic theory$xHistory.
650 17 $aAtomisme.$2gtt
650 17 $aEmpirische methoden.$2gtt
650 07 $aNaturwissenschaften.$2swd
650 07 $aNaturphilosophie.$2swd
650 07 $aAtomistik.$2swd
830 0 $aBoston studies in the philosophy of science ;$vv. 279.