{"product_id":"lothar-meyer-gisela-boeck-9783030783440","title":"Lothar Meyer: Modern Theories and Pathways to Periodicity","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book provides an English translation of the early fundamental contributions of Lothar Meyer (1830-1895) regarding his independent discovery, coincident with that of Dmitrii Mendeleev, of the periodic system of the elements. Although an English translation of the 5th edition of Meyer s book \u003ci\u003eModern Theories of Chemistry and their Significance for Chemical Statics\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1888, this will be the first time that these crucial early texts will be available in English. These writings reveal details regarding Meyer s research pathway to the idea of periodicity and to an arrangement of the chemical elements in tables and graphs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn introductory commentary and interpolated editorial footnotes to the texts clarify the (physico)-chemical background regarding the various shifts in thought during the crucial period from 1860 to the early 1870s. A short biography of Lothar Meyer completes the book.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume includes a complete translation of the first edition of \u003ci\u003eModern Theories of Chemistry and their Significance for Chemical Statics\u003c\/i\u003e (1864), the ground-breaking paper \"The Nature of the Chemical Elements as a Function of their Atomic Weights\" in \u003ci\u003eAnnalen der Chemie und Pharmacie\u003c\/i\u003e, suppl. vol. 7 (1870), 354-64, and portions of the revised second edition of \u003ci\u003eModern Theories of Chemistry and their Significance for Chemical Statics \u003c\/i\u003e(1872).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gisela Boeck, Alan J. Rocke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030783448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030783440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Birkhauser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.44d","brand":"Gisela Boeck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130988065023,"sku":"9783030783440","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_66451f8b-1e49-4827-9b81-f00d958731ef.jpg?v=1687472383","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lothar-meyer-gisela-boeck-9783030783440","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}