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[Phys-l] Foundations of Chemistry, volume 9, #1








FOUNDATIONS OF CHEMISTRY, VOLUME 9, NUMBER 1

http://springerlink.metapress.com/content/m52644274770/? p=86dac8fa8c6c4640a5df2b6d7399d775&pi=0



Editorial 25
Eric R. Scerri,


Wilhelm Ostwald’s Energetics 1: Origins and Motivations
R.J. Deltete


The closure of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Exeter – An insider’s view
Klaus Jacob


The need for the historical understanding of nature in physics and chemistry
Leo Napinen


Letter to the Editor: The concept of chemical bond – some like it fuzzy but others concrete (letter to the editor)
Shant Shahbazian and Mansour Zahedi


BOOK REVIEW
Carmen Giunta on Richard Morris, The Last Sorcerers: The Path From Alchemy to the Periodic Table.


BOOK REVIEW
Janet Stemwedl on D. Baird, E.R. Scerri, L. McIntyre, The Philosophy of Chemistry: The Synthesis of a New Discipline.





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The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance, by Eric Scerri, Oxford University Press, 2006.

"An absolutely gorgeous book. I put it on my bedside table and then stayed up half the night reading it - it is immensely readable."
---Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat, Awakenings etc.
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Dr. Eric Scerri
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry,
Charles Young Drive,
Los Angeles,
CA 90095-1569.

310 206 7443
fax: 310 206 2061

UCLA faculty web page: http://www.chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/ scerri/

Editor of Foundations of Chemistry,
http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/ 0,11855,4-40399-70-35545882-detailsPage%253Djournal% 257CmostViewedArticles%257CmostViewedArticles,00.html

International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry,
http://ispc.sas.upenn.edu/




---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------
The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance, by Eric Scerri, Oxford University Press, 2006.

"An absolutely gorgeous book. I put it on my bedside table and then stayed up half the night reading it - it is immensely readable."
---Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat, Awakenings etc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------

Dr. Eric Scerri
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry,
Charles Young Drive,
Los Angeles,
CA 90095-1569.

310 206 7443
fax: 310 206 2061

UCLA faculty web page: http://www.chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/scerri/

Editor of Foundations of Chemistry,
http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/ 0,11855,4-40399-70-35545882-detailsPage%253Djournal% 257CmostViewedArticles%257CmostViewedArticles,00.html

International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry,
http://ispc.sas.upenn.edu/



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------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------
The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance, by Eric Scerri, Oxford University Press, 2006.

"An absolutely gorgeous book. I put it on my bedside table and then stayed up half the night reading it - it is immensely readable."
---Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat, Awakenings etc.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------

Dr. Eric Scerri
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry,
Charles Young Drive,
Los Angeles,
CA 90095-1569.

310 206 7443
fax: 310 206 2061

UCLA faculty web page: http://www.chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/scerri/

Editor of Foundations of Chemistry,
http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,4-40399-70-35545882- detailsPage%253Djournal%257CmostViewedArticles%257CmostViewedArticles, 00.html

International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry,
http://ispc.sas.upenn.edu/