Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-312) and index.
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Scientific Disciplines: The Construction of Identity -- The Historical Demarcation of Chemistry and Physics: Founder Myths and Social Realities -- Philosophy of Chemistry and Chemical Philosophy: Epistemological Values in the Nineteenth Century -- Language and Image in Nineteenth-Century Chemistry -- Physical Chemistry as Theoretical Chemistry: A Dynamics for Matter at the Turn of the Century -- The Paris School of Theoretical Organic Chemistry, 1880-1930 -- The london-Manchester School of Theoretical Organic Chemistry, 1880-1930 -- Reaction Mechanisms: Christopher Ingold and the Integration of Physical and Organic Chemistry, 1920-1950 -- Quantum Chemistry and chemical Physics, 1920-1950 -- Conclusion: Theoretical Chemistry, Discipline- Building, and the Commensurability of Physics and Chemistry.
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This scientific history describes how physics and chemistry acquired their separate identities in the late 18th century, and how in recent years the two fields have merged once more in the study of chemical physics.
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Chemistry, Physical and theoretical-- History-- 19th century.
Chemistry, Physical and theoretical-- History-- 20th century.
Chemistry, Physical-- history.
Chemistry, Physical and theoretical-- History-- 19th century.
Chemistry, Physical and theoretical-- History-- 20th century.