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Preface

© 2018 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2018 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS ix
  3. List of Figures xi
  4. Preface to the Revised Edition xiii
  5. Preface xv
  6. Note to the Reader xix
  7. 1. Introduction: Autocracy and Mr. Mendeleev 1
  8. 2. Elements of the System: Building Periodicity and a Scientific Petersburg 11
  9. 3. The Ideal Gas Lawyer: Expanding Science on the Banks of the Neva 44
  10. 4. Chasing Ghosts: Spiritualism and the Struggle for Public Knowledge 74
  11. 5. The Great Reaction: Everyone against the Academy of Sciences 106
  12. 6. The Imperial Turn: Economics, Evolution, and Empire 136
  13. 7. Making Newtons: Romantic Journeys toward Genius 166
  14. 8. Disintegration: Fighting Revolutions with Faith 198
  15. 9. Conclusion: The Many Mendeleevs 229
  16. Acknowledgments to the Revised Edition 245
  17. Notes 247
  18. Bibliography 309
  19. Index 351
A Well-Ordered Thing
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691184425-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS ix
  3. List of Figures xi
  4. Preface to the Revised Edition xiii
  5. Preface xv
  6. Note to the Reader xix
  7. 1. Introduction: Autocracy and Mr. Mendeleev 1
  8. 2. Elements of the System: Building Periodicity and a Scientific Petersburg 11
  9. 3. The Ideal Gas Lawyer: Expanding Science on the Banks of the Neva 44
  10. 4. Chasing Ghosts: Spiritualism and the Struggle for Public Knowledge 74
  11. 5. The Great Reaction: Everyone against the Academy of Sciences 106
  12. 6. The Imperial Turn: Economics, Evolution, and Empire 136
  13. 7. Making Newtons: Romantic Journeys toward Genius 166
  14. 8. Disintegration: Fighting Revolutions with Faith 198
  15. 9. Conclusion: The Many Mendeleevs 229
  16. Acknowledgments to the Revised Edition 245
  17. Notes 247
  18. Bibliography 309
  19. Index 351
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