{"product_id":"fifth-business-william-h-brock-9780226839585","title":"Fifth Business: A Life of the Chemist and Educationist Henry Edward Armstrong","description":"\u003cb\u003eA biography of Henry Edward Armstrong, an underappreciated maverick in the history of chemistry.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFifth Business\u003c\/i\u003e is a biography of the English chemist, educator, and scientific critic Henry Edward Armstrong. Today, Armstrong, who was a central figure in the development of the science of chemistry between 1885 and 1914, is more remembered for his campaigns to improve the teaching of chemistry, and science generally, and less for his theory of residual affinity and reverse electrolysis--or his hostility toward physical chemistry. However, right up until his retirement, Armstrong was a significant and prolific organic chemist, as well as a major figure in the academic and social life of the Chemical Society, where he successfully waged a campaign against the admission of women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFifth Business\u003c\/i\u003e is structured as chronologically as possible, with Armstrong's life and achievements as an active chemist as the focus of Part I (1848-1911) and as a critic in his long retirement in Part II (1911-1937). Brock's authoritative biography provides a unique inside look through which we can better understand the history of British science, scientific institutions, scientific education, pedagogical theory, and social relations of science during the last third of the nineteenth and the first third of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William H. Brock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226839583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226839585\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"William H. Brock","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46526438408447,"sku":"9780226839585","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_07ee54ec-6725-458d-a865-0cd98c28d8d5.jpg?v=1737556185","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fifth-business-william-h-brock-9780226839585","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}