"How Bell Labs Won Its First Nobel Prize” by Brian Potter.

A great read about the 1925 Davisson and Germer experiment (the canonical “electrons have wave properties” xpt that our chemistry undergrads learn about in physical chemistry class).

Such a long and winding road from inception to realization of what they had discovered. I was unaware of all the details, and found this very enlightening!

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https://www.construction-physics.com/p/how-bell-labs-won-its-first-nobel

The perfect companion to the French countryside.

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And this recent arrival almost completes the collected works by Hélène Metzger.

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Two new arrivals that go very well together: another very promising-looking Hélène Metzger book (I am starting to be a fan), this one from 1938, with the pages still uncut. And a 1971 book on more or less the same topic.

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A passage from a book from 1696 by Nicolaas Hartsoeker, explaining the corpuscular chemical theory that was in vogue after Descartes: the properties of different substances are direct consequences of the shapes of the particles they are composed of. Salts and vitriol for instance consist of small particles with sharp points and edges that tear up other particles around them.

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Just started this one but so far it is absolutely mesmerising. Originally published in 1923.

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An interesting page from the 1790 "Elemens de Chimie" by Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal, a central figure in the emergence of the chemical industry in France in the 18th century.

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Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

https://buff.ly/40BxJ7i

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Stengers is always refreshing in asking different questions, this is one of her earlier books, originally from 1992.

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