Torbern bergman biography books
Torbern bergman biography books
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Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Torbern Bergman
Overview
- Authors:
- Anders Lennartson
Gothenburg, Sweden
- Puts the lives of two of the most important chemists historically in the context of 18th-century chemistry
- Includes an overview of 18th-century chemical terminology
- Presents biographical and scientific information about Scheele and Bergman is available in English for the first time
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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 o