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A well-ordered thing : Dmitrii Mendeleev and the shadow of the periodic table / Michael D. Gordin.
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| Authors: |
Gordin, Michael D.
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New York : Basic Books, c2004.
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| Description: |
xx, 364 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Chemists -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography. Periodic law. Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-357) and index.
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| Language: |
English |
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046502775X
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1. Introduction -- 2. Elements of the system -- 3. The ideal gas lawyer -- 4. Chasing ghosts -- 5. The great reaction -- 6. The imperial turn -- 7. Making Newtons -- 8. Disintegration -- 9. Conclusion : the many Mendeleevs.
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| Bib number: |
5160108 |
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http://lens.lib.uchicago.edu/?itemid=|library/marc/uc|5160108 |
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Donor:
The Irving M. Klotz Book Fund
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Summary |
Gordin (history, Princeton U.) does not provide a traditional biography of polymath Russian scientist Mendeleev (1834-1907), but places his various endeavors and accomplishments--of which the periodic table of elements is the best known--within the social, cultural, and political milieu of late-19th-Century Saint Petersburg. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) |
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Table of Contents |
Note to the Reader | | | | | | xi | Preface | | | | | | xvii | 1
Introduction | | | | | | 3 | Liberalism in the Name of Autocracy | | | | | | 5 | Making Sense of the Man | | | | | | 9 | 2
Elements of the System | | | | | | 15 | The Education of Dmitrii Mendeleev | | | | | | 18 | Principles of Chemistry and the Periodic System | | | | | | 22 | System into Law | | | | | | 30 | Clairvoyance | | | | | | 33 | The Vindication of Prophecy | | | | | | 38 | Conclusion | | | | | | 43 | 3
The Ideal Gas Lawyer | | | | | | 49 | True Bedrock | | | | | | 52 | Confined Spaces | | | | | | 56 | Clearing the Atmosphere | | | | | | 65 | The Weather Overground | | | | | | 68 | Plagued by Theory | | | | | | 73 | 4
Chasing Ghosts | | | | | | 81 | Made in America, Remade in Russia | | | | | | 83 | Spiritualism in 1875 | | | | | | 87 | Spiritualism in 1876 | | | | | | 96 | Public Spirited | | | | | | 101 | At Wit's End | | | | | | 108 | 5
The Great Reaction | | | | | | 113 | Social Climbing | | | | | | 113 | The Ballot Booth | | | | | | 117 | Tempest in the Teapot | | | | | | 121 | Outside the Teapot | | | | | | 126 | Back Rooms | | | | | | 133 | To Thine Own Self | | | | | | 138 | 6
The Imperial Turn | | | | | | 145 | The Two Petersburgs | | | | | | 147 | Real Economics | | | | | | 151 | Theoretical Economics | | | | | | 154 | Theoretical Politics | | | | | | 160 | Measure of All the Russias | | | | | | 164 | Conclusion | | | | | | 171 | 7
Making Newtons | | | | | | 175 | Out of Siberia | | | | | | 178 | Russian Newton | | | | | | 182 | Northward Bound | | | | | | 189 | Full of Hot Air | | | | | | 193 | The Limits of Romance | | | | | | 199 | 8
Disintegration | | | | | | 207 | Chemistry under Attack | | | | | | 209 | Pondering the Imponderable | | | | | | 217 | Tripartite Metaphysics | | | | | | 227 | Things Fall Apart | | | | | | 231 | 9
Conclusion: The Many Mendeleevs | | | | | | 239 | Acknowledgments | | | | | | 255 | Index of Frontispiece Images | | | | | | 257 | Notes | | | | | | 258 | Bibliography | | | | | | 318 | Index | | | | | | 358 |
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