Author: Andrew Ede
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754657866
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book offers a comprehensive account of the rise and sudden decline of the status of colloid research in North America in the first half of the twentieth century, exploring the development of colloid chemistry in the laboratory and the science's reception in the wider research community. It also gives a fascinating insight into the new interest in and promotion of science in North America during the Progressive Era.