How Did the Tree of Knowledge Get Its Blossom? The Rise of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, with an Eye on Berlin and Leipzig

“Physical chemistry is not just a branch on but the blossom of the tree of knowledge,” declared Ostwald, a most vocal advocate of his field, conceived as the basis for all of chemistry. This Essay describes the historical development of physical and theoretical chemistry with a focus on Berlin and L...

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Autor principal: Friedrich, Bretislav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5071687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27010426
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201509260
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spelling pubmed-50716872016-11-02 How Did the Tree of Knowledge Get Its Blossom? The Rise of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, with an Eye on Berlin and Leipzig Friedrich, Bretislav Angew Chem Int Ed Engl Essays “Physical chemistry is not just a branch on but the blossom of the tree of knowledge,” declared Ostwald, a most vocal advocate of his field, conceived as the basis for all of chemistry. This Essay describes the historical development of physical and theoretical chemistry with a focus on Berlin and Leipzig, its foremost centers in Germany.[Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016-03-24 2016-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5071687/ /pubmed/27010426 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201509260 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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