Making Ammonia : Fritz Haber, Walther Nernst, and the Nature of Scientific Discovery.
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing AG,
2022.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Preface by Gerhard Ertl
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Part I A Confluence of Factors
- 1 The Object of Investigation
- 2 The Scientification of Agriculture
- 3 Advances in Organic Chemistry, Catalysis, and the Chemical Industry
- 4 The Mystery of Ammonia Synthesis
- 5 Physical Chemistry: Uniting Two Branches of Science
- 6 The Scientific Breakthrough (1903-1908)
- 7 The Challenge of Technical Implementation
- 8 Reflections on Scientific Discovery and The Haze
- Part II The Scientific Breakthrough
- 9 The State of Ammonia Synthesis at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: The Arena for Discovery
- 10 Fritz Haber's Work and Thought as He Began Work on Ammonia Synthesis
- 11 The Scientific Publications on Ammonia Synthesis
- 11.1 Über die Bildung von Ammoniak aus den Elementen (On the Generation of Ammonia from the Elements) by Fritz Haber and Gabriel van Oordt, 1905
- 11.1.1 Über die Berechnung chemischer Gleichgewichte aus thermischen Messungen (On the Calculation of Chemical Equilibrium from Thermal Measurements) by Walther Nernst, 1906
- 11.1.2 Über das Ammoniak-Gleichgewicht (On Ammonia Equilibrium) by Fritz Haber and Robert Le Rossignol, 1907
- 11.1.3 Über das Ammoniakgleichgewicht (On Ammonia Equilibrium) by Walther Nernst with Experiments from Friedrich Jost, 1907
- 11.1.4 14th Meeting of the Bunsen Society, Hamburg, 1907
- 11.1.5 Über das Ammoniakgleichgewicht (On Ammonia Equilibrium) by Friedrich Jost, 1908
- 11.1.6 Bestimmung des Ammoniakgleichgewichts unter Druck (Determination of Ammonia Equilibrium Under Pressure) by Fritz Haber and Robert Le Rossignol, 1908
- 12 Haber's Cooperation with BASF
- 13 The Role of Physical Chemistry as a Theory
- 14 Further Reflections on Scientific Discovery and The Haze
- Part III The Haze: A Theory for Breakthroughs in Science
- 15 Terminology.
- 16 Normal Science
- 17 The Structure of The Haze
- 18 Dynamic of The Haze
- 19 Between Science and Industry: The Stage of 10-100
- 20 Risk and the Acceptance of Failure
- 21 The Haze: Interdependencies in Science
- 22 One Final Element
- A Approximations of Free Energy Fitting Functions
- B Theoretical Determinations of the Free Energy: Hermann von Helmholtz and Walther Nernst
- References
- Subject Index
- Places and People.