Coffey Patrick:
Cathedrals Of Science
The Personalities And Rivalries That Made Modern Chemistry
Oxford University Press (United States), 2008
Hardback, 416 pages
Size: 235x156 mm
ISBN: 9780195321340
ISBN-10: 0195321340
Cathedrals Of Science
Like any other human endeavor, chemistry was built by real people, with all their strengths and faults. Cathedrals of Science describes its construction-the intersection of science and personality that transformed chemistry, with its chemists struggling for understanding, squabbling over scientific credit, and making moral choices about chemical warfare, totalitarianism, and nuclear weapons.

