HYLE: International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry
Vol. 12, No. 1, 2006
Special Issue on "The Public Image of Chemistry", Part 1
Ed. by J. Schummer, B. Bensaude-Vincent & B. Van Tiggelen
http://www.hyle.org/journal/issues/12-1/index.html
Editorial (pp. 3-4)
Roslynn Haynes (University of New South Wales):
"The Alchemist in Fiction: The Master Narrative" (pp. 5-29)
Peter Weingart (University of Bielefeld):
"Chemists and their Craft in Fiction Film" (pp. 31-44)
Philip Ball (Nature, U.K.):
"Chemistry and Power in Recent American Fiction" (pp. 45-66)
Marcel C. LaFollette (Washington, DC):
"Taking Science to the Marketplace: Examples of Science Service's
Presentation of Chemistry during the 1930s" (pp. 67-97)
Pierre Laszlo (University of Liege):
"On the Self-Image of Chemists, 1950-2000" (pp. 99-130)
David Knight (University of Durham):
ESSAY: "Popularizing Chemistry: Hands-on and Hands-off" (pp. 131-140)
Biography
Mi Gyung Kim (North Carolina State University):
"Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932)" (pp. 141-148)
Book Reviews
Vladimir Karpenko (Charles University Prague):
"Bruce T. Moran: Distilling Knowledge. Alchemy, Chemistry, and the
Scientific Revolution" (pp. 149-153)
Joachim Schummer (University of Darmstadt):
"William R. Newman: Promethean Ambitions: Alchemy and the Quest to
Perfect Nature" (pp. 154-156)
"Philip Ball: Elegant Solutions: Ten Beautiful Experiments in Chemistry"
(pp. 157-159)
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Dr. Joachim Schummer
Editor, HYLE: International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry
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Heisenberg-Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, University of
Darmstadt, Schloss, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany
Adjunct Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29205, USA
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