Atoms in Chemistry

From Daltons Predecessors To Complex Atoms And Beyond 1044

Carmen Giunta

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Oxford University Press Inc
28 April 2011

History of science; Atomic & molecular physics; Chemical physics; Chemistry; Analytical chemistry

Series: ACS Symposium Series

Dalton's theory of the atom is generally considered to be what made the atom a scientifically fruitful concept in chemistry. To be sure, by Dalton's time the atom had already had a two-millenium history as a philosophical idea, and corpuscular thought had long been viable in natural philosophy (that is, in what we would today call physics). Atoms in Chemistry will examine episodes in the evolution of the concept of the atom, particularly in chemistry, from Dalton's day to our own. It begins with an overview of scientific atomic theories from the 17th through 20th centuries that analyzes corpuscular theories of matter proposed or entertained by natural philosophers in the 17th century. Chapters will focus on philosophical and religious conceptions of matter, 19th-century organic structural theories, the debate surrounding the truth of the atomic-molecular theory, and physical evidence accumulated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that suggested that atoms were actually real, even if they were not exactly as Dalton envisioned them. The final chapter of this book takes the reader beyond the atom itself to some of the places associated with the history of scientific atomism. As a whole, this volume will serve as a passport to important episodes from the more than 200-year history of atoms in chemistry.

Edited by: Carmen Giunta
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 1044
Dimensions: Height: 227mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 320g
ISBN: 9780841225572
ISBN 10: 0841225575
Series: ACS Symposium Series
Pages: 124
Publication Date: 28 April 2011
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction Carmen J. Giunta 2. Four Centuries of Atomic Theory William B. Jensen 3. Atomism before Dalton Leopold May 4. 150 Years of Organic Structures David E. Lewis 5. The Atomic Debates Revisited William H. Brock 6. Atoms Are Divisible Carmen J. Giunta 7. Eyes To See: Physical Evidence for Atoms Gary Patterson 8. Rediscovering Atoms: An Atomic Travelogue Jim Marshall and Jenny Marshall Indexes Author Index Subject Index

Carmen J. Giunta is Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Le Moyne College.