The Molecule as Meme

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, Thermodynamics, Biological Sciences, Molecular Physics, General Physics
Cover of the book The Molecule as Meme by Jeffrey Huw Williams, Morgan & Claypool Publishers
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jeffrey Huw Williams ISBN: 9781643272917
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers Publication: November 26, 2018
Imprint: IOP Concise Physics Language: English
Author: Jeffrey Huw Williams
ISBN: 9781643272917
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Publication: November 26, 2018
Imprint: IOP Concise Physics
Language: English

It was not until 1971 that the authority for defining scientific units, the General Conference of Weights and Measures got around to defining the unit that is the basis of chemistry (the mole, or the quantity of something). Yet for all this tardiness in putting the chemical sciences on a sound quantitative basis, chemistry is an old and venerable subject and one naturally asks the question, why? Well, the truth is that up until the mid-1920s, many physicists did not believe in the reality of molecules. Indeed, it was not until after the physics community had accepted Ernest Rutherford's 1913 solar-system-like model of the atom, and the quantum mechanical model of the coupling of electron spins in atoms that physicists started to take seriously the necessity of explaining the chemical changes that chemists had been observing, investigating and recording since the days of the alchemists.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

It was not until 1971 that the authority for defining scientific units, the General Conference of Weights and Measures got around to defining the unit that is the basis of chemistry (the mole, or the quantity of something). Yet for all this tardiness in putting the chemical sciences on a sound quantitative basis, chemistry is an old and venerable subject and one naturally asks the question, why? Well, the truth is that up until the mid-1920s, many physicists did not believe in the reality of molecules. Indeed, it was not until after the physics community had accepted Ernest Rutherford's 1913 solar-system-like model of the atom, and the quantum mechanical model of the coupling of electron spins in atoms that physicists started to take seriously the necessity of explaining the chemical changes that chemists had been observing, investigating and recording since the days of the alchemists.

More books from Morgan & Claypool Publishers

Cover of the book Visual Astronomy by Jeffrey Huw Williams
Cover of the book Capture and Relaxation in Self-Assembled Semiconductor Quantum Dots by Jeffrey Huw Williams
Cover of the book Adversarial Machine Learning by Jeffrey Huw Williams
Cover of the book Optical Nanomanipulation by Jeffrey Huw Williams
Cover of the book Applied Digital Logic Exercises Using FPGAs by Jeffrey Huw Williams
Cover of the book Declarative Logic Programming by Jeffrey Huw Williams
Cover of the book Database Anonymization by Jeffrey Huw Williams
Cover of the book Nuclear Power by Jeffrey Huw Williams
Cover of the book Automatic Text Simplification by Jeffrey Huw Williams
Cover of the book Mitigation of Cancer Therapy Side-Effects with Light by Jeffrey Huw Williams
Cover of the book Quantum Computing for Computer Architects by Jeffrey Huw Williams
Cover of the book Candidate Multilinear Maps by Jeffrey Huw Williams
Cover of the book Introduction to Nanomaterials in Medicine by Jeffrey Huw Williams
Cover of the book Theories of Matter, Space and Time by Jeffrey Huw Williams
Cover of the book The Continuing Quest for Missile Defense by Jeffrey Huw Williams
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy