The Case of the Poisonous Socks: Tales from ChemistryRoyal Society of Chemistry, 2011 - 348 Seiten In 1868, The Times reported that poisons contained in dyes were affecting the public's health. A doctor informed a London magistrate that brilliantly coloured socks had caused severe "constitutional and local complaint" to several of his patients. In one case, a patient's foot had become so swollen that his boots had to be cut off. Respected chemist, William Crookes, offered to identify the poison if doctors would send him samples of the deadly socks. The story of how he solved the mystery gives this book its title and forms the basis of the first chapter. Written by a respected science historian and established author, this collection of essays contains 42 tales of chemists and their discoveries from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Other topics covered include: the quirky beliefs of American philanthropist, George Hodgkins; the development of the chemical laboratory since the 1830s, and the career of C.P. Snow before he became a novelist. Its broad coverage and modern approach makes it of interest to chemists, teachers, historians and lay people with an interest in science. Written with a light style and presented in a series of unconnected vignettes the book is easy to dip into at leisure. |
Inhalt
Chapter 32 | 248 |
Chapter 33 | 255 |
Chapter 34 | 262 |
Chapter 36 | 271 |
Chapter 1 | 272 |
They Also Ran | 279 |
Chapter 39 | 286 |
Chapter 41 | 294 |
Subject Index | 327 |
The Case of the Poisonous Socks | 3 |
Chapter | 8 |
Chapter | 9 |
Chapter | 14 |
Chapter | 16 |
Chapter | 20 |
Chapter 5 | 24 |
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2011 Published acid Alchemy Alexander Crum Brown aquarium Armstrong atomic August Wilhelm Hofmann Avogadro became Britain British Brock William H Brodie C. P. Snow Cambridge carbon career century CHAPTER Chemical Society chemist Chemistry By William collaborated College of Chemistry coloured Cripps developed Dewar Dieffenbach dyes dyestuffs Edward Edward Frankland English essay experiments Faraday Fire flavour formulae Frankland gases George George Du Maurier German Giessen Gosse Guthrie Henry Hilda historians History of Chemistry Hodgkins Hofmann hydrogen industry Ingold interest Journal Kekulé laboratory later lectures Liebig mathematics Maurier Mellor molecular molecules nature organic chemistry paper Partington physical chemistry Poisonous Socks production professor Prout pupil Ramsay Royal College Royal Institution Royal Society scientific sensation Society of Chemistry specific heats substances taste Taylor teaching temperature textbook theory University College London vitamin volumes W. H. Brock Warington Wellcome Images William Crookes William Prout Wöhler