William Crookes(1832-1919) and the Commercialization of Science
"Previous literature on William Crookes has tended to focus on his involvement with spiritualism and the occult, sometimes to the detriment of his many scientific achievements. This, the first biography of William Crookes, gives us the whole man: one of the most complex, public, and interesting figures in the history of science." W. H. Brock guides us through the abundant catalogue of Crookes' accomplishments, placing his scientific activities in the context of the business of making a living...
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"Previous literature on William Crookes has tended to focus on his involvement with spiritualism and the occult, sometimes to the detriment of his many scientific achievements. This, the first biography of William Crookes, gives us the whole man: one of the most complex, public, and interesting figures in the history of science." W. H. Brock guides us through the abundant catalogue of Crookes' accomplishments, placing his scientific activities in the context of the business of making a living from science - something that Crookes did principally as a science journalist and editor with his Chemical News, and by business enterprises ranging from water analysis, sewerage schemes, and goldmining to the design of electric light bulbs.
List of IllustrationsPreliminary: A Chemist at Work1 A Tailor's Son2 Photographic Chemist. The Making of an Editor3 Earning a Living4 Thallium5 Carbolic and Cattle Plague6 Selling Science, 1865- 18757 Spiritualism8 Mysterious Forces: Investigating Mr Home9 Chemistry is Strictly a Science of Precision10 The Investigation of Florence Cook, 1872- 187411 Scandal: The Investigations of Annie Eva Fay and Rosina Showers12 The Radiometer and its Lessons: William Carpenter versus William Crookes13 Dark Spaces and the Fourth State of Matter14 Ubi crux ibi lux: The Business of Electricity15 The Commercialization of Public Health: Water16 The Commercialization of Public Health: Adulteration, Sewage and Hygiene17 Radiant Spectroscopy: The Rare Earths Crusade18 Esoteric Chemistry in the Nineties19 Inert Gases and Transmutations20 The Wheat Problem21 Radioactivity22 Welsh Gold and African Diamonds23 The Grand Old Man of Chemical Physics, 1907-191324 The Final Years, 1913-191925 The AfterlifeAppendicesBibliographyIndex
