Ambix, Volume 67, Issue 3 (2020)

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Chemistry, Consultants and Companies c. 1850-2000

Introduction

Introduction
Chemistry, Consultants, and Companies, c. 1850–2000: Introduction
Viviane Quirke & Peter Reed
Pages: 207-213
Published online: 24 Jul 2020
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Consultancy as a Career in Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Britain
Robin Mackie & Gerrylynn Roberts
Pages: 214-233
Published online: 03 Aug 2020
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A Life of “Continuous and Honourable Usefulness:” Chemical Consulting and the Career of Robert Warington (1807-1867)
Anna Simmons
Pages: 234-251
Published online: 27 Jul 2020
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George E. Davis (1850–1907): Transition From Consultant Chemist to Consultant Chemical Engineer in a Period of Economic Pressure
Peter Reed
Pages: 252-270
Published online: 20 Jul 2020
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The Chemistry Professor as Consultant at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, 1910–1930
Annette Lykknes
Pages: 271-288
Published online: 23 Jul 2020
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Imperial Chemical Industries and Craig Jordan, “the First Tamoxifen Consultant,” 1960s–1990s
Viviane Quirke
Pages: 289-307
Published online: 24 Jul 2020
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Epilogue

Fluid Careers and Cold War Boundaries
Robert Bud
Pages: 308-312
Published online: 24 Jul 2020
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In Memoriam

Noel George Coley (1927–2020)
William H. Brock
Pages: 313-314
Published online: 03 Jul 2020
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Pioneering British Women Chemists. Their Lives and Contributions
By MARELENE RAYNER-CANHAM AND GEOFF RAYNER-CANHAM. Pp. xix+580, illus., index. World Scientific: London. 2020. £105.00. ISBN: 979-1-78634-768-8.
William H. Brock
Pages: 315-316
Published online: 24 Feb 2020
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Painted Alchemists: Early Modern Artistry and Experiment in the Work of Thomas Wijck
By Elisabeth Berry Drago. Pp. 281, illus. Amsterdam University Press: Amsterdam. 2019. £90.00. ISBN 978-9-46-298649-7.
William R. Newman
Pages: 316-317
Published online: 23 Jun 2020
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Pure Adulteration: Cheating on Nature in the Age of Manufactured Food
By Benjamin R. Cohen. Pp 331, illus., index. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago. 2019. £27. ISBN-13:978-0-226-37792-6 (cloth); ISBN-13:978-0-226-66709-6 (e-book).
Carolyn Cobbold
Pages: 318-319
Published online: 18 Jun 2020
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Early Greek Alchemy, Patronage and Innovation in Late Antiquity
By Olivier Dufault, Pp. viii + 168, index. California Classical Studies: Berkeley, CA. 2019. £23.46. ISBN: 978-1-939926-12-8.
Gerasimos Merianos
Pages: 319-321
Published online: 16 Jun 2020
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Announcement

Announcement
Partington Prize 2020
Page: 322
Published online: 19 May 2020
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