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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Gordin, Michael D. (1974-....)
Titre(s) : A well-ordered thing [Texte imprimé] : Dmitrii Mendeleev and the shadow of the periodic table / Michael D. Gordin
Édition : Revised edition
Publication : Princeton : Princeton university press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XX-361 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 247-349
"Dmitrii Mendeleev (1834-1907) is a name we recognize, but perhaps only as the creator
of the periodic table of elements. Generally, little else has been known about him.
A Well-Ordered Thing is an authoritative biography of Mendeleev that draws a multifaceted
portrait of his life for the first time. As Michael Gordin reveals, Mendeleev was
not only a luminary in the history of science, he was also an astonishingly wide-ranging
political and cultural figure. From his attack on Spiritualism to his failed voyage
to the Arctic and his near-mythical hot-air balloon trip, this is the story of an
extraordinary maverick. The ideals that shaped his work outside science also led Mendeleev
to order the elements and, eventually, to engineer one of the most fascinating scientific
developments of the nineteenth century. A Well-Ordered Thing is a classic work that
tells the story of one of the world's most important minds."--Page 4 of cover
Sujet(s) : Mendeleev, Dmitrij Ivanovič (1834-1907)
Chimistes -- Russie
Classification périodique des éléments
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
540.92 (23e éd.) = Chimie et sciences connexes - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691172385. - ISBN 0691172382 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45672040c
Notice n° :
FRBNF45672040
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction : Autocracy and Mr. Mendeleev ; Elements of the System : Building Periodicity
and a Scientific Petersburg ; The Ideal Gas Lawyer : Expanding Science on the Banks
of the Neva ; Chasing Ghosts : Spiritualism and the Struggle for Public Knowledge
; The Great Reaction : Everyone against the Academy of Sciences ; The Imperial Turn
: Economics, Evolution, and Empire ; Making Newtons : Romantic Journeys toward Genius
; Disintegration : Fighting Revolutions with Faith ; Conclusion : The Many Mendeleevs.