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This book is a collection of essays, written by an international group of historians of chemistry, about some of the most interesting chemists dating back into the 18th century. The contributing authors are well-established biographers, and their subjects make a diverse cast of chemistry characters. Among the chemists covered are Robert Bunsen, Joseph Black, John Dalton, Lucretia Borgia, William Crookes, and Humphry Davy. These chemists come from all over the world, and from different eras. Together, this collection truly is a celebration of the wide range of personalities and characters that have worked in chemistry over the centuries
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| http://pubs.acs.org Publication Date (Web): June 5, 2013 | doi: 10.1021/bk-2013-1136.fw001 Characters in Chemistry: A Celebration of the Humanity of Chemistry In Characters in Chemistry: A Celebration of the Humanity of Chemistry; Patterson, G., et al.; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2013. | http://pubs.acs.org Publication Date (Web): June 5, 2013 | doi: 10.1021/bk-2013-1136.fw001 In Characters in Chemistry: A Celebration of the Humanity of Chemistry; Patterson, G., et al.; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2013. ACS SYMPOSIUM SERIES 1136 | http://pubs.acs.org Publication Date (Web): June 5, 2013 | doi: 10.1021/bk-2013-1136.fw001 Characters in Chemistry: A Celebration of the Humanity of Chemistry Gary D. Patterson, Editor Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Seth C. Rasmussen, Editor North Dakota State University Fargo, North Dakota Sponsored by the ACS Division of History of Chemistry American Chemical Society, Washington, DC Distributed in print by Oxford University Press In Characters in Chemistry: A Celebration of the Humanity of Chemistry; Patterson, G., et al.; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2013. | http://pubs.acs.org Publication Date (Web): June 5, 2013 | doi: 10.1021/bk-2013-1136.fw001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Characters in chemistry : a celebration of the humanity of chemistry / Gary D. Patterson, editor, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Seth C. Rasmussen, editor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota ; sponsored by the ACS Division of History of Chemistry. pages cm. -- (ACS symposium series ; 1136) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8412-2800-9 (alk. paper) 1. Chemists--Biography. 2. Chemistry--History. I. Patterson, Gary D. (Gary David), 1946editor of compilation. II. Rasmussen, Seth C., editor of compilation. III. American Chemical Society. Division of the History of Chemistry, sponsoring body. QD21.C45 2013 540.92′2--dc23 2013020055 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48n1984. Copyright © 2013 American Chemical Society Distributed in print by Oxford University Press All Rights Reserved. Reprographic copying beyond that permitted by Sections 107 or 108 of the U.S. Copyright Act is allowed for internal use only, provided that a per-chapter fee of $40.25 plus $0.75 per page is paid to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Republication or reproduction for sale of pages in this book is permitted only under license from ACS. Direct these and other permission requests to ACS Copyright Office, Publications Division, 1155 16th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036. The citation of trade names and/or names of manufacturers in this publication is not to be construed as an endorsement or as approval by ACS of the commercial products or services referenced herein; nor should the me