Search for dissertations about: "Johan Gottschalk Wallerius"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Johan Gottschalk Wallerius.

2. 1. Mutual Favours : The social and scientific practice of eighteenth-century Swedish chemistry

   Author : Hjalmar Fors; Anders Lundgren; Sven Widmalm; Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of science; Vetenskapshistoria; Sweden; chemistry; mineralogy; eighteenth century; enlightenment science; republic of letters; reciprocity; networks; Johan Gottschalk Wallerius; Torbern Bergman; Carl Wilhelm Scheele; History of science; Vetenskapshistoria; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of Sciences and Ideas;

   Abstract : The dissertation is a study of the creation of chemistry as a science in eighteenth-century Sweden. It is argued that the chemists in the study participated in a network for exchange of scientific facts and all kinds of favours, in which science was both conducted, negotiated and created. READ MORE