African Americans in the Sciences
Profiled there are African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering (USA) [e]
Archimedes Homepage
... is a collection of Archimedean miscellanea under continual development [e]
Atomic Structure Timeline
... explores discoveries related to atomic structure including the electron, proton and neutron (USA) [e]
History of Chemical Engineering & Chemical Technology
A history of chemical engineering that encompasses its conceptual origins in Great Britain, subsequent struggle for survival in the United States, and concludes with a cornucopia of contributions made in this Century (USA) [e]
History of Chemical Engineering & Chemical Technology
ECHO Science & Technology Virtual Center. Echo's research center catalogues, annotates, and reviews sites on the history of science, technology, and industry (AU) [e]
History of Crystallography
That pages contain references to articles published in 'Crystallography News' since 1995 and to other places on the World Wide Web which have information on famous crystallographers (UK) [e]
History of Mass Spectrometry
... is intended to be a record of significant events in the evolution of the science (USA) [e]
History of Science Research Guide
You'll find suggestions for locating books, articles, topical overviews, research tools, and factual information (USA) [e]
History Research Online
A collection of resources for graduates, undergraduates, teaching assistants, and other researchers [e]
I am Mendelejeff
Roger Rumppe and Michael E. Sixtus, Literature sources [e]
Liebig-Museum Gießen
The Liebig-Museum in Gießen is one of the five most important Chemistry Museums in the world (D) [ d, e]
Liebig's Chemical Letters
The Letters contained in this little Volume embrace some of the most important points of the science of Chemistry, in their application to Natural Philosophy, Physiology, Agriculture, and Commerce (IE) [e]
Structural Theory: A Timeline
This page introduces the main theoretical approaches to understanding chemical structure and reactivity, places them in historical context and considers them with reference to each other (USA) [e]
Ambix
Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry [e]
Beckman Centre
The Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry is the arm of the Othmer Library of Chemical History devoted to fostering a community of visiting scholars on fellowships and travel grants lasting from weeks to an academic year (USA) [e]
Chemical Heritage
... is a quarterly publication dedicated to celebrating the human side of achievement in the history of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and allied industries (USA) [e]
Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF)
ACS serves the community of the chemical and molecular sciences, and the wider public, by treasuring the past, educating the present, and inspiring the future [e]
Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science
The MPIWG in Berlin is one of 80 research institutes in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities administered by the Max Planck Society (D) [d, e]
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From the earliest use of fire to forge iron tools to the medieval alchemists' search for the philosopher's stone, the secrets of the elements have been pursued by human civilization. But, as the authors of this concise history remind us, "disciplines like physics and chemistry have not existed since the beginning of time; they have been built up little by little, and that does not happen without difficulties." Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent and Isabelle Stengers present chemistry as a science in search of an identity, or rather as a science whose identity has changed in response to its relation to society and to other disciplines. The authors--respected, prolific scholars in history and philosophy of science--have distilled their knowledge into an accessible work, free of jargon. They have written a book deeply enthusiastic about the conceptual, experimental, and technological complexities and challenges with which chemists have grappled over many centuries.
Beginning with chemistry's polymorphous beginnings, featuring many independent discoveries all over the globe, the narrative then moves to a discussion of chemistry's niche in the eighteenth-century notion of Natural Philosophy and on to its nineteenth-century days as an exemplar of science as a means of reaching positive knowledge. The authors also address contentious issues of concern to contemporary scientists: whether chemistry has become a service science; whether its status has "declined" because its value lies in assisting the leading-edge research activities of molecular geneticists and materials scientists; or whether it is redefining its agenda.
A History of Chemistry treats chemistry as a study whose subject matter, the nature and behavior of qualitatively different materials, remains constant, while the methods and disciplinary boundaries of the science constantly shift. - Harvard University Press 1997.
