Experiments, Models, Paper Tools

Experiments, Models, Paper Tools
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 0804743592
ISBN-13 : 9780804743594
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Book Synopsis Experiments, Models, Paper Tools by : Ursula Klein

Download or read book Experiments, Models, Paper Tools written by Ursula Klein and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early nineteenth century, chemistry emerged in Europe as a truly experimental discipline. What set this process in motion, and how did it evolve? Experimentalization in chemistry was driven by a seemingly innocuous tool: the sign system of chemical formulas invented by the Swedish chemist Jacob Berzelius. By tracing the history of this “paper tool,” the author reveals how chemistry quickly lost its orientation to natural history and became a major productive force in industrial society. These formulas were not merely a convenient shorthand, but productive tools for creating order amid the chaos of early nineteenth-century organic chemistry. With these formulas, chemists could create a multifaceted world on paper, which they then correlated with experiments and the traces produced in test tubes and flasks. The author’s semiotic approach to the formulas allows her to show in detail how their particular semantic and representational qualities made them especially useful as paper tools for productive application.


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