Author : Anders Lennartson
Release : 2020-08-31
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 943/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Torbern Bergman by : Anders Lennartson
Download or read book Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Torbern Bergman written by Anders Lennartson. This book was released on 2020-08-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of two of the most important figures in the history of chemistry. Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786) was the first to prepare oxygen and realise that air is a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen; he also discovered many important organic and inorganic substances. His fellow chemist and good friend, Torbern Bergman (1735–1784), was one of the pioneers in analytical and physical chemistry. In this carefully researched biography, the author, Anders Lennartson, explains the chemistry of Scheele and Bergman while putting their discoveries in the context of other 18th-century chemistry. Much of the information contained in this work is available in English for the first time.
