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Hamlin, C

 
9780750300421: A Science of Impurity: Water Analysis in Nineteenth Century Britain
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ISBN 10 : 0750300426 ISBN 13 : 9780750300421
Editeur : Institute of Physics Publishing, 1990

Synopsis

A Science of Impurity is the first detailed history of the mobilization of chemistry (and later bacteriology) to meet the public demand for good water. It also offers a perspective on understanding how modern physical sciences are tapped to ensure public good.
A Science of Impurity explores the social framework in which chemists came to work on problems of water quality, the strategies they used to study the environment, their conclusions and their role in dealing with a fearful public.
For historians of science, researchers and planners in the water industry.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A Science of Impurity is the first detailed history of the mobilization of chemistry (and later bacteriology) to meet the public demand for good water. It also offers a perspective on understanding how modern physical sciences are tapped to ensure public good.
A Science of Impurity explores the social framework in which chemists came to work on problems of water quality, the strategies they used to study the environment, their conclusions and their role in dealing with a fearful public.
For historians of science, researchers and planners in the water industry.

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Éditeur
Institute of Physics Publishing
Date d'édition
1990
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0750300426
ISBN 13 
9780750300421
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
281
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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