From Sunlight to Insight : Jan IngenHousz, the Discovery of Photosynthesis.
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- 9789054876458
- 572.46092
- Q143.I54 -- .M34 2010eb
Front -- contents -- A first speck of light -- The first decades of curiosity 1730-1779 -- The quest for the secret of the sunlight 1779-1780 -- A life in letters, the story continues 1780-1799 -- Content, contest and context -- A crucial instrument: the rise and fall of the eudiometer -- Memory and priority: who was first? and why has he been forgotten? -- Science as IngenHousz knew it & -- science as we know it -- A case of complexity: ecological questions for the philosophy & -- history of science -- Photosynthesis, a bright future for the light of the sun -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Bibliography.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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