Alan J. Rocke
Author of Image and reality: Kekulé, Kopp, and the scientific imagination
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- Birthdate
- 1948-09-20
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Shimer College
Beloit College (BA - Chemistry)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (MA - History of Science, PhD - History of Science) - Occupations
- historian of science
distinguished professor (History) - Organizations
- Case Western Reserve University
- Short biography
- Alan J. Rocke (b. 1948) is a historian of scientific thought, and a Distinguished University Professor at Case Western Reserve University. He has authored more than forty scholarly articles and several books, including Image and Reality: Kekule, Kopp, and the Scientific Imagination and Nationalizing Science: Adolphe Wurtz and the Battle for French Chemistry. His numerous honors include being named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2012 and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2000. Rocke received his undergraduate education at Shimer College and Beloit College, and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. (from Shimer College Wiki)
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Nationalizing Science: Adolphe Wurtz and the Battle for French Chemistry (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology) by Alan J. Rocke
This is a very interesting Biography of the French Scientiest Adolphe Wurtz and his works in the politics of France and of Science.
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