Overview
- Offers a survey of the development of chemistry
- Provides numerous interesting historical insights
- Outlines various important topics in physical chemistry
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology (BRIEFSHIST)
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About this book
This book offers a survey of the historic development of selected areas of chemistry and chemical physics, discussing in detail the European, American and Russian approaches to the development of chemistry. Other key topics include the kinetics and non-linear thermodynamics of chemical reactions and mathematical modeling, which have found new applications in the theory of dynamical systems. The first observations of the periodicity of chemical reactions were lost in the mist of time. In the second half of the 19th century, the phenomenon of chemical periodicity was studied in relation to electrochemistry, solutions and colloids. Discovered in the late 19th century, Liesegang rings are still enigmatic and remain attractive for researchers. However, the discovery of the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction marked the successful culmination of the efforts to find a true chemical oscillatory reaction. The book investigates chemical phenomena that were neglected in the past, but have been rediscovered, placing them into a new conceptual framework. For example, it notes that William Bray, who discovered the first oscillatory homogeneous reaction in 1921, was influenced by the first bio-mathematicians who predicted chemical oscillations in homogeneous systems.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Alexandrovich Pechenkin received his masters degree at the Mendeleev Institute of Chemistry and Technology, Moscow, 1964. and his PhD at the Institute for Philosophy of the Academy of Science of the USSR, Department of the Philosophy of Science, Moscow, in 1969. He has been professor for the history of science since 1992. He has received many fellowships, stipends and awards and has written nine books, including "L.I. Mandelstam: Research, Teaching and Life". Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London. 2014.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The History of Research on Chemical Periodic Processes
Authors: Alexander Pechenkin
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95108-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95107-2Published: 07 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95108-9Published: 24 August 2018
Series ISSN: 2211-4564
Series E-ISSN: 2211-4572
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 93
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, History of Chemistry, Popular Science in Chemistry and Materials, Electrochemistry, Thermodynamics, Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics