Search Results
-
4 items
Harry Potter Spells and Potions
- Decade starting 2000
A manual for Harry Potter Spells & Potions Chemistry I Set No. 501.
Digitized content includes the work's first two pages. This work is protected by copyright law; to view the full text, contact or visit the Science…
-
2 items
Metamerism Samples
- Decade starting 2000
Three small squares of gray fabric placed under different lighting conditions to demonstrate the phenomena of metamerism. From left to right, the fabric samples are placed under commercial fluorescent, daylight…
- Manufacturer Black Swan Textiles
- Subject Colors, Textile fabrics, Optical illusions, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers
-
UniCel DxC 600 Synchron Clinical System
- Decade starting 2000
The UniCel DxC 600 and DxC 800 Chemistry Analyzers were introduced in 2005.
This system runs a variety of metabolic panels on blood samples, including BUN (blood urea nitrogen), sodium, potassium, chloride, carbon…
-
UniCel DxC 800 Synchron Clinical System
- Decade starting 2000
The UniCel DxC 600 and DxC 800 Chemistry Analyzers were introduced in 2005.
This system runs a variety of metabolic panels on blood samples, including BUN (blood urea nitrogen), sodium, potassium, chloride, carbon…
-
10 items
Oral history interview with Shi Huang
- 2000-Jan-19 – 2000-Jan-21
Shi Huang was born in Dalian, in the north of China. His mother was a doctor assigned to a military base there, but his father, also a doctor, had been assigned to another base in Beijing. Because this was during the…
- Interviewee Huang, Shi, 1961-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Huang, Shi, 1961-, Cultural Revolution (China : 1966-1976), Genetic engineering, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, RNA-protein interactions, Bacterial proteins, Gene expression, University of California, San Diego, Medical scientists, Emigration and immigration
-
52 items
-
Oral history interview with John J. Ngai
- 2000-Feb-01 – 2000-Feb-03
John J. Ngai, the youngest of three children, was born in New York City and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey. His parents, who had left China after World War II, were both doctors, his father in anesthesiology, his mother…
- Interviewee Ngai, John J., 1958-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Ngai, John J., 1958-, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Smell, Neurosciences, Rhinencephalon
-
8 items
Oral history interview with George A. Olah
- 2000-Feb-03
George A. Olah begins the interview with a description of his family and childhood years in Budapest, Hungary. Olah first developed an interest in chemistry after taking a chemistry course at the Technical University of…
- Interviewee Olah, George A. (George Andrew), 1927-2017
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Traynham, James G.
- Subject University of Southern California, Dow Chemical Company, Chemists, Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, Chemists--Biography, Nobel Prize winners, Olah, George A. (George Andrew), 1927-2017, Emigration and immigration
-
Email from George Matsuyama to Pat A. Ashton
- 2000-Feb-07
This email describes an attempt to develop a glucose electrode in the 1960s. This project was abandoned when Beckman Instruments focused instead on the Glucose Analyzer.
- Addressee Ashton, Pat A.
- Author Matsuyama, George
- Subject Electrodes, Glucose--Analysis, Blood sugar, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
-
11 items
Oral history interview with William I. Weis
- 2000-Feb-07 – 2000-Feb-09
William Weis was born and grew up in Queens, New York, the youngest of three brothers. His grandparents immigrated from Ukraine, Belarus, and Latvia, ultimately settling in Brooklyn, New York. A "frustrated architect,"…
- Interviewee Weis, William I., 1959-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Weis, William I., 1959-, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Crystallography, Lectins, Cadherins, Biochemistry
-
Oral history interview with Helen M. Berman
- 2000-Feb-11
Helen M. Berman begins the interview by discussing her scientific education and how a laboratory internship with Barbara W. Low, while studying at Barnard University, influenced her decision to go into the field of…
-
6 items
Oral history interview with Herbert Eleuterio
- 2000-Feb-25
Herbert Eleuterio was born in 1927 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. His parents had emigrated from the Azores, and he spoke no English until he began first grade. His interest in science was sparked by a middle-school…
-
Oral history interview with Andrew D. Ellington
- 2000-Mar-06 – 2000-Mar-07
- 2000-Mar-09
Andrew D. Ellington was born in 1956 in Missouri; the elder of two siblings. His father was a title lawyer, and his mother was a high school mathematics and computer science teacher. From a very young age Ellington's…
- Interviewee Ellington, Andrew D., 1959-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Ellington, Andrew D., 1956-, Benner, Steven A. (Steven Albert), 1954-, Nucleotide sequence, Evolution (Biology), Indiana University, Bloomington, University of Texas at Austin, HIV infections--Treatment, Biosensors, Medical scientists
-
Letter from James D. Watson to David Brock
- 2000-Mar-08
Letter regarding attendance at the Nobel Laureate Symposium held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on November 9, 2000.
- Addressee Brock, David C.
- Author Watson, James D., 1928-
- Subject Watson, James D., 1928-, Nobel Prize winners
-
Oral history interview with William W. Mattox
- 2000-Mar-13 – 2000-Mar-14
- 2000-Mar-17
William W. Mattox was born in South Bend, Indiana, two miles from the Michigan border; South Bend had the nearest hospital to his home town, Edwardsburg, Michigan. He has two brothers and one sister. His father began as…
- Interviewee Mattox, William W., 1957-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Mattox, William W., 1957-, Genetics, Drosophila, RNA--Data processing, RNA, Polymerase chain reaction, Gene expression, Molecular biology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
-
Letter from John Cornforth to David Brock
- 2000-Mar-22
Letter regarding attendance at the Nobel Laureate Symposium held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on November 9, 2000.
- Addressee Brock, David C.
- Author Cornforth, John, 1937-
- Subject Cornforth, John, 1937-, Nobel Prize winners
-
7 items
Arnold Beckman's 100th birthday
- 2000-Apr
The photographs document birthday celebrations.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical…
-
26M 03S
Expand Your Horizons
- 2000-Apr-01
One of a series of events held in Philadelphia for sixth grade girls interested in careers in science. Speakers talk about their careers as women in science and lead attendees in conducting experiments related to their…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society. Philadelphia Section
- Subject Women in science, Science--Study and teaching, Science--Experiments
-
Oral history interview with Robert C. De Lisle
- 2000-Apr-10 – 2000-Apr-12
Robert C. De Lisle was born in Buffalo, New York, the fourth of seven children. His father was an electrical engineer who holds patents on several of his inventions and who, now that he is retired, is studying cosmology…
- Interviewee De Lisle, Robert C., 1957-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Cytologists, Cytology--Research, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Medicine, Gastroenterology, De Lisle, Robert C., 1957-
-
Oral history interview with Erin Schuman
- 2000-Apr-12
- 2000-Apr-19
- 2000-Apr-26
- 2000-May-17
Erin M. Schuman was born in San Gabriel, California, though spent most of her childhood in Huntington Beach, the oldest of three siblings; her mother was a teacher at a Catholic school. She was a "serial hobbyist" with…
- Interviewee Schuman, Erin, 1963-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Schuman, Erin, 1963-, Women in science, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Women in medicine, Neurobiology, Neural transmission, Neurotransmitters
-
11 items
Oral history interview with Andrew C. Chan
- 2000-Apr-17 – 2000-Apr-18
- 2000-Apr-20
Andrew C. Chan was born in Hong Kong, the eldest of four children. His father was an engineer, his mother a teacher. When Chan was seven the family emigrated to the United States. His father was able to continue his…
- Interviewee Chan, Andrew Chee-Yuen, 1959-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Chan, Andrew Chee-Yuen, 1959-, Immunologists, Medical scientists, Immunology--Research, Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Medicine, Minorities in science, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Rheumatology, Emigration and immigration
-
Letter from Susumu Tonegawa to David Brock
- 2000-Apr-21
Letter regarding attendance at the Nobel Laureate Symposium held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on November 9, 2000.
- Addressee Brock, David C.
- Author Tonegawa, Susumu, 1939-
- Subject Nobel Prize winners, Tonegawa, Susumu, 1939-
-
5 items
Oral history interview with Norman N. Li
- 2000-May-05
Norman Li begins the interview with a description of his family and childhood years in Fuzhou, China. After World War II, Li's family moved to Taiwan, where Li completed high school. Li then attended National Taiwan…
- Interviewee Li, Norman N., 1933-
- Interviewer Traynham, James G.
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject Li, Norman N., 1933-, Chemical engineering, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Liquid membranes, Patents, UOP Inc., Allied-Signal Inc., Emigration and immigration
-
Oral history interview with Lee Ann Niswander
- 2000-May-15
- 2000-May-17 – 2000-May-18
Lee Ann Niswander was born in Bluffton, Ohio, the fourth child of six. Her parents were moderately devout Mennonites until her father's job caused them to move to Okemos, Michigan, where they became Methodists. Both…
- Interviewee Niswander, Lee Ann
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Niswander, Lee Ann, Women in science, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Genetics, Microdissection, Neural tube
-
Oral history interview with Patrick Brennwald
- 2000-May-22 – 2000-May-24
Patrick Brennwald is the youngest of three children, two boys and a girl. They lived first in Deerfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago; when Patrick was about ten, his parents divorced, and a few years later his mother…