An edition of An Element of Controversy (2007)

An element of controversy

the life of chlorine in science, medicine, technology and war

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An edition of An Element of Controversy (2007)

An element of controversy

the life of chlorine in science, medicine, technology and war

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English
Pages
407

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An Element of Controversy
2007, Bshs Monographs
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An element of controversy: the life of chlorine in science, medicine, technology and war
2007, British Society for the History of Science
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Table of Contents

Introduction / -- Hasok Chang and Catherine Jackson -- Part A.
Chlorine and the theory of matter --
The discovery of chlorine : a window on the chemical revolution -- Ruth Ashbee
The elementary nature of chlorine -- Tamsin Gray, Rosemary Coates and Marten Akesson
Chlorine and Prout's hypothesis -- Jonathan Nendick, Dominic Scrancher and Olivier Usher
Looking into the core of the Sun -- Christian Guy [and others] -- Part B.
Life, death and destruction by chlorine --
Obstacles in the establishment of chlorine bleaching -- Manchi Chung [and others]
Chlorine disinfection and theories of disease -- Anna Lewcock, Fiona Scott-Kerr and Elinor Mathieson
Chlorine as the first major chemical weapon -- Frederick Cowell [and others]
Ethics, public relations, and the origins of the Geneva Protocol -- Abbi Hobbs [and others]
The rise and fall of "chlorine chambers" against cold and flu -- David Nader and Spasoje Marcinko
War and the scientific community -- Sam Raphael, George Kalpadakis and Daisy O'Reilly-Weinstock
The noisy reception of Silent Spring -- Kimm Groshong -- Epilogue :
Turning an undergraduate class into a professional research community -- Hasok Chang.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00 0.

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Series
BSHS monographs -- no. 13, BSHS monographs -- no. 13.
Other Titles
Life of chlorine in science, medicine, technology and war

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
553.95
Library of Congress
QD181.C5 E44 2007

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 407 pages
Number of pages
407

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL38210817M
Internet Archive
elementofcontrov0000unse
ISBN 10
0906450012
ISBN 13
9780906450017
OCLC/WorldCat
188588619

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