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050	0	4	_aQD6 _b.B34 2023
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aBanchetti-Robino, Marina Paola, _eauthor. _965229
245	1	0	_aFrom the atom to living systems : _ba chemical and philosophical journey into modern and contemporary science / _cMarina Paola Banchetti-Robino and Giovanni VIllani.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c[2023]
300			_a1 online resource (vii, 296 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
341	0		_atextual _2sapdv _3EBSCOhost
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"The philosophical vision of the world and the consequent methodology behind the book are clarified. The perspective used is the systemic one, but since today this term has assumed a wide and diversified meaning in the literature, this introduction will clarify the specific meaning of our approach, starting from the meaning of the term "system". Our idea of system is based on three key assertions that may seem contradictory, but are necessary and complementary to its definition. In particular, we considered the usual idea that the system is more and less than the sum of its juxtaposed parts, highlighting the role of emergencies and constraints. In our idea of a system, however, we must consider a third fundamental characteristic: its dynamism, the dual nature of the system as an entity and as a process, its role as a "dynamic entity". Afterwards, the holistic and reductionist approaches were analysed in detail, and both the specific merits and the fact that these two opposing worldviews, considered individually, cannot give a complete and balanced description of reality, were taken into account. For us, only the systemic approach provides a balanced description of both the parts and the whole and must, therefore, be preferred. Finally, the differences between our approach and the approaches mentioned above have been considered in detail in this introduction"-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0		_aIntro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: A Systemic Chemistry -- 1. Qualitative Atomism and Life within the 18th-Century Atomistic Perspective -- Qualitative Corpuscularianism in the Renaissance and Early Modern Periods -- The Rejection of Hylomorphism and the Theory of Substantial Form -- Jan Baptista van Helmont and Qualitative Atomism -- The French Materialists and the Concept of Living Points -- 2. Early Modern Mechanistic Atomism and the Concept of Structure -- The Mechanistic Theory of Matter
505	8		_aThe Cartesian Mechanical Philosophy and the Denial of Substantial Form -- Pierre Gassendi and Mechanistic Atomism -- Robert Boyle and Form as Mechanistic Structure -- 3. Newton and the Newtonians -- Newton's Relation to Cartesian Rationalism and Experimental Empiricism -- The Newtonian Reaction to Mechanistic Atomism -- The Leibnizian Programme and the Kantian Physical Monadology -- Boscovich's Point Particles and the Unification of 18th-Century Physics -- 4. Lavoisier and the Quantification of Chemistry -- The Concept of Element and the Fundamental Nature of Material Reality
505	8		_aLavoisier's Empiricism and His Operational Concept of Element -- Lavoisier's Quantification of Chemistry -- 5. Affinity, Compounds, and the Laws of Definite Proportions -- Geoffroy and Bergman on Affinity -- Berthollet's Concepts of Chemical Compound and Variable Proportions -- Proust's Classification of Substances and the Law of Definite Proportions -- 6. John Dalton and Chemical Atomism -- The Problem of Reconciling Elementarity with Atomicity -- The Weakness of Atomism for Experimental Science -- John Dalton -- Some Problems with Dalton's Chemical Atomism
505	8		_a7. Valence, Chemical Bonds, and the Theory of Elements -- William Prout's Hypothesis Regarding Atomic Weights -- Affinity, Valence, and Molecular Structure -- Mendeleev, the Periodic Table, and Theory of Elements -- 8. Organic Chemistry, Molecules, and the Implications for Atomism -- Background for the Molecular Structure Hypothesis -- Kekulé's Concept of Transformation Formulae -- Atomic Bonding and Butlerov's Structural Theory -- 9. The Relationship between Chemistry and Biology in the 19th Century -- Matter and the Processes of Living Beings -- Wöhler's Artificial Synthesis of Urea
505	8		_aThe Dispute between Berthelot and Pasteur over Fermentation -- The Discovery of Buchner's Cell-Free Fermentation -- Energy/Heat in Living and Physiological Chemistry -- Order/Disorder and the Complexity of Living Beings: Finalism and the Evolution of Species in Darwin, Spencer, and Bergson -- 10. The Quantum Revolution -- Subatomic Particles and Atomic Structure -- The Concept of Atom in Quantum Mechanics -- Differences and Similarities between Classical and Quantum Atoms -- The Chemical Bond and the Molecule in Quantum Mechanics -- Characteristics of Contemporary Chemical Bonds
532		0	_3EBSCOhost _a"EBSCO evaluates our products based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and the related Section 508 and EN 301 549 regulations in the US and EU. Most EBSCO products are substantially conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AA." Source: https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/EBSCO-VPATs?language=en_US. Last accessed April 22, 2025.
588			_aDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 27, 2023).
650		0	_aChemistry _xPhilosophy. _965230
650		0	_aChemistry _xHistory. _965231
650		0	_aScience _xHistory. _965232
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aBanchetti-Robino, Marina Paola. _tFrom the atoms to living systems _dNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024] _z9780197598900 _w(DLC) 2023021918
856	4	0	_3EBSCOhost _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3680856
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