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A disciplinary immigrant. Alexander Smith at the University of Chicago, 1894-1911.

The publication in 1906 of Alexander Smith's Introduction to general inorganic chemistry inaugurated a decisive change in chemical pedagogy in the US, the effects of which are still evident. The nature and extent of Smith's innovations are described through a comparison of his text to its source mat...

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Published in:Annals of Science Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 221 - 257
Main Author: Cotter, Donald
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2008
Subjects:
Smith, Alexander
Inorganic chemistry
Educational innovations
Physical & theoretical chemistry
Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
United States
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