Through France with Berzelius : Live Scholars and Dead Volcanoes
There are 165 years between Jöns Jacob Berzelius' and Carl Gustaf Bernhard's excursions through the Massif Central in France. In spite of their circumstantial differences, the similarities between the two men of letters is striking. While Berzelius is renowned as one of the founders of modern chemistry and mineralogy, the bulk of Bernhard's achievement has been in the field of neurophysiology--yet both men emerge as having remarkably similar approaches to science and nature. It was as Berzelius' successor to the post of Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences that first gave Bernhar
1 online resource (208 pages)
9781483286877, 1483286878
1040602657
Front Cover; Through France with Berzelius; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 01. Why Berzelius?; Chapter 02. Who Was He?; Chapter 03. Why France?; A Sort of Journey; Friends in Paris; In Paris; Why Auvergne?; A Well-Chosen Destination; Chapter 04. Berzelius's journey Through France; Clermont, Berzelius's Headquarters; Chapter 05. List of People