New Conceptions in Science With a Foreword on the Relations, of Science and Progress (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Carl Snyder

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 036498970X ISBN 13: 9780364989708

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore how science reshaped our view of matter, life, and progress. This book surveys bold ideas and their builders, from chemistry to the study of mind.

Across chapters on synthetic chemistry, thermo-chemistry, and the search for primal matter, it traces how new theories changed the way we understand matter and energy. It also highlights the people and institutions that propelled these advances, including pivotal figures and laboratories that shaped modern science.

What you’ll experience or learn:

• A clear account of how heat and energy relate to chemical action and how researchers measure them.
• Discussion of allotropes, catalysts, and the surprising ways elements transform under different conditions.
• Snapshots of influential scientists and key institutions that helped spread scientific knowledge.
• An approachable view of how new instruments and experiments opened doors to life, mind, and the universe.

Ideal for readers of science history and anyone curious about how scientific progress unfolds in practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 036498970X
• ISBN 13: 9780364989708
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 399