Quintessence of Irving Langmuir

The Quintessence of Irving Langmuir is a biography on the life of Irving Langmuir. The book was created to complement the volume entitled "The Collected Works of Irving Langmuir. This selection was created to introduce the person and his works. Special attention has been given to Langmuir''s early life and family background. The text begins with an account of the person''s child seen from the m...