Philosophy of Chemistry: Synthesis of a New Discipline
- ISBN-10
- 1402032560
- ISBN-13
- 9781402032561
- Series
- Philosophy of Chemistry
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 362
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-09-01
- Publisher
- Springer Science & Business Media
- Authors
- Lee McIntyre, Eric Scerri, Davis Baird
Description
This comprehensive volume marks a new standard in scholarship in the emerging field of the philosophy of chemistry. Philosophers, chemists, and historians of science ask some fundamental questions about the relationship between philosophy and chemistry.
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