Green Chemistry: A Brief Historical Critique

Green Chemistry A Brief Historical Critique In recent decades, green chemistry dominated the imagination of sustainability scholars all over the world and was embraced by leading global universities and companies.This new concept is supposed to address the environmental crisis by making chemistry safer and less polluting. And yet, under this seemingly straightforward success story hides a tangled and ambiguous reality: alternative frameworks, shoddy greenness criteria, and power struggles. This book retraces the history of the green chemistry concept and critically assesses its claims and dominant narratives about it. It is an indispensable guide for all those interested in the challenges of sustainability, whether they have background in chemistry or not. Its underlying question is: is green chemistry really that green?Additional ISBNs9783631880487, 9783631880470Green Chemistry: A Brief Historical Critique 1st Edition is written by Marcin Krasnod?bski and published by Peter Lang Gmb H, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. ISBNs for Green Chemistry are 9783631880340, 3631880340 and the print ISBNs are 9783631878187, 3631878184. Additional ISBNs include 9783631880487, 9783631880470.