CONVERSATIONS ON CHEMISTRY

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Bright humorous and engaging Marcets bestselling 1805 book was designed to introduce women to scientific ideas.First published anonymously in 1805 this book made complex ideas accessible to a nontechnical readership and is credited with having influenced the young Michael Faraday. It also provides valuable insights into the gendered world of nineteenthcentury education. Volume 1 covers topics including heat light gases metals and carbon.First published anonymously in 1805 this book made complex ideas accessible to a nontechnical readership and is credited with having influenced the young Michael Faraday. It also provides valuable insights into the gendered world of nineteenthcentury education. Volume 1 covers topics including heat light gases metals and carbon.Jane Haldimand Marcet (17691858) was a pioneer in the field of education who wrote accessible introductory books on science and economics. Noting that womens education is seldom calculated to prepare their minds for abstract ideas she resolved to write books that would inform entertain and improve a generation of female readers. First published anonymously in 1805 her twovolume work Conversations on Chemistry swiftly became a standard primer going through sixteen editions in England alone and is credited with having influenced the young Michael Faraday. Presented as a series of discussions between a fictional tutor Mrs. Bryan and her two female students the flighty Caroline and earnest Emily Conversations combines entertaining banter with a clear and concise explanation of scientific theories of the day. In Volume 1 the girls are introduced to Simple Bodies through such colourful examples as hot air balloons and the spa waters of Harrogate.Preface: 1. On the general principles of chemistry: 2. On light and heat: 3. Continuation of the subject: 4. On combined caloric comprehending specific heat and latent heat: 5. On the chemical agencies of electricity: 6. On oxygen and nitrogen: 7. On hydrogen: 8. On sulphur and phosphorus: 9. On carbon: 10. On metals.

Data Publikacji: 2010-10-31
Wymiary: 216 mm 140 mm 23 mm 520 gr