Image and reality

Description:

19th-century chemists were faced with a particular problem: how to depict the atoms and molecules that are beyond the direct reach of our bodily senses. Here, Rocke focuses on the community of organic chemists in Germany to provide the basis for a fuller understanding of the nature of scientific creativity.

subjects: Organic Chemistry,  Visualization,  Methodology,  Imagination,  Science,  History,  Scientists, biography,  Germany, biography,  Chemistry, organic,  Science, methodology

People: Hermann Kopp (1817-1892),  August Kekulé (1829-1896)

Times: 19th century