Facing the Music: How Original Was Borodin's Chemistry?

• Michael D. Gordin ^[1]
  1. [1] Princeton University

     Princeton University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 83, Nº 4, 2006, pág. 561
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Aleksandr P. Borodin (1833–1887) is lauded for being both a noted classical composer and a chemist, an almost unique example that has generated a large biographical literature. While his reputation as a composer is unquestioned, the originality of his chemistry has often been overstated. A return to the original sources demonstrates that the evidence for Borodin's reputation as a great chemist, as opposed to a merely good one, is exaggerated.