The Quiet Revolution |
Acknowledgments |
Introduction |
1— Academic Chemistry in Early Nineteenth-Century Germany |
2— Growing Up and Limbering Up |
3— A Journeyman Chemist |
4— Gerhardt and Wurtz |
5— Early Years in Marburg |
6— Confronting the Reform Movement |
7— Kekulé, Wurtz, and the Rise of Structure Theory |
8— Carbonic Acid and Natural Types |
9— The Great Break |
• | Characterization and Causes |
• | Polyfunctionality |
• | Predictions Unfulfilled: Hydroxyacids |
• | Predictions Fulfilled: Diacids and Novel Alcohols |
• | The New Complexion of Organic Chemistry |
• | Later Years in Marburg |
10— The Theory of Chemical Structure and the Structure of Chemical Theory |
11— Leipzig |
12— Aromatic Chemistry |
13— Life and Work in Leipzig |
14— Pride and Prejudice |
Issues and Reflections |
Notes |
Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Sources |
Glossary |
Bibliography |
Index |