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    Volume 2: On Compound Bodies
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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 November 2011
    31 October 2010
    ISBN:
    9780511711602
    9781108016841
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511711602
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.5kg, 394 Pages
    • Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
    Subjects:
    Physical Chemistry, Engineering: General Interest, Chemistry, Chemistry: General Interest
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    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
    Subjects:
    Physical Chemistry, Engineering: General Interest, Chemistry, Chemistry: General Interest
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    Jane Haldimand Marcet (1769–1858) was a pioneer in the field of education who wrote accessible introductory books on science and economics. Noting that women's education 'is seldom calculated to prepare their minds for abstract ideas', she resolved to write books that would inform, entertain and improve a generation of female readers. First published anonymously in 1805, her two-volume Conversations on Chemistry swiftly became a standard primer going through sixteen editions in England alone, and is credited with having influenced the young Michael Faraday. Presented as a series of discussions between a fictional tutor, Mrs. Bryan, and her two female students, the flighty Caroline and earnest Emily, Conversations combines entertaining banter with a clear and concise explanation of scientific theories of the day. Volume 2 contains spirited exchanges on topics including 'shells and chalk', borax, decomposing vegetables and 'animal economy', which will interest historians of both science and education.

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