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Oral history interview with Donna J. Nelson
- 2008-Jul-21 – 2008-Jul-22
…was written that he had stated this, that he wanted his high school chemistry teacher to be able to teach really proper chemistry, good chemistry …Engineering News, 37, 43, 44, 49, 61 Chemical Engineering, 45, 54, 55 Chemistry analytical chemistry, 33 computational chemistry, 13 gas-phase … physical chemistry, 7 radical chemistry, 13 Cherokee Nation, 2 Chickasaw Nation, …
- Interviewee Nelson, Donna J., 1969-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary, Webb-Halpern, Leah
- Subject Nelson, Donna J., 1969-, Chemistry, Women in chemistry, Sex discrimination, University of Texas at Austin, Purdue University, Brown, Herbert C. (Herbert Charles), 1912-2004, University of Oklahoma, Minorities in science, Carbon nanotubes, Working mothers, Dewar, Michael James Steuart
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Oral history interview with Alan G. MacDiarmid
- 2005-Dec-19
… really developed in chemistry accidentally when I was about ten years old. Well, I was born in …always a part-time student. MODY: Did you seek out the job in the chemistry department because of your interest in chemistry? MACDIARMID: Yes ……
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Oral history interview with Paul Kebarle
- 2013-May-22
… at Vancouver? KEBARLE: No, it was chemistry. GRAYSON: Chemistry? KEBARLE: [Yes]. GRAYSON: So …these are kids. First year, I mean they’re not really going to take chemistry but they have to take a chemistry course. She said, “Well you supervise …” So they had to admit that in effect you shouldn’t [have to take chemistry]. GRAYSON: They didn’t need to take chemistry? KEBARLE…
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Alan MacDiarmid Nobel Lecture at Ewha University, South Korea
- Synthetic Metals: A Novel Role for Organic Polymers
- 2001-May-11
…MacDiarmid, Hideki Shirakawa, and Alan Heeger won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001 for their work on plastic polymers that can conduct electricity…
- Creator Of Work Ihwa Yŏja Taehakkyo
- Subject MacDiarmid, Alan G., 1927-2007, Polymers, Nobel Prize winners, Conducting polymers, Organic conductors, Nanotechnology
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Figure 77. Apparatus for Electrolytic Preparation of Sodium Hypochlorite and Figure 78. Electrolytic Cell
- 1915
…includes chapters detailing the various types of plants and the natural chemistry of water in more basic terms. …
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Caricature of Samuel Colville Lind (1879-1965)
- 1931
… New York. Commonly referred to as "the father of modern radiation chemistry," Lind served as president of both the American Electrochemical Society…
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Portrait print of Dr. John Dalton, F.R.S.
- 1834-Oct-01
…into his vest. Widely known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry, Dalton was a noted English meteorologist and chemist. His research…
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Dow Chemical Company Separan plant
- 1956
…for water-soluble organic compounds sold as flocculating agents. In chemistry, flocculation is the process whereby colloids or other suspended …
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Shetzley, Bill
- Subject Employees, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Flocculants, Flocculation
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Oral history interview with Donald L. Klein
- 2006-Mar-02
- 2006-Mar-09
…much for the electronic parts as the fact that there were several key chemistry stores there [also], professional chemistry stores, [from] which …Thank you. Could you speak to what was it about working with that chemistry set that hooked you, or piqued your interest in chemistry? …was originally set up. BROCK: Sure. KLEIN: […] The chemistry course that I took involved three years of chemistry beyond the […
- Interviewee Klein, Donald L., 1930-
- Interviewer Brock, David C.
- Sponsor Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Subject Klein, Donald L., 1930-, Semiconductor industry, Chemistry, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Semiconductors--Etching, Polycrystalline semiconductors, Integrated circuits, Patents, International Business Machines Corporation, Photoresists, Chemists
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Oral history interview with Malcolm M. Renfrew
- 1987-Aug-31
… was afraid that was some kind of agriculture. The next table was 'chemistry'. He didn't know what chemistry was, but he felt he couldn't go on …University of Idaho was in physics. BOHNING: Did he talk to you about chemistry? When did you have your first course in chemistry, in high school … to chemistry. RENFREW: We had as the freshman chemistry professor the head of…
- Interviewee Renfrew, Malcolm M.
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject University of Idaho, General Mills, Inc., Chemists, Renfrew, Malcolm M., Chemists--Biography, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, University of Minnesota
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Oral history interview with Jean S. Kane
- 2012-Feb-27 – 2012-Feb-28
… a C in art. Chemistry. Madame Curie. “Do you really think you can do that kind of chemistry … there a chemistry major? KANE: There was a chemistry major, but I mean, I [already had all the chemistry Keuka offered]. I had a double major with chemistry and math, and …Keuka College, intending to get a nursing degree, but she discovered chemistry and changed her major. By her senior year she had finished all Keuka…
- Interviewee Kane, Jean S.
- Interviewer Gross, Benjamin
- Subject Kane, Jean S., 1940-, Chemistry, Women in chemistry, Geological Survey (U.S.), Spectrum analysis, Standard Reference Materials Program (National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)), International Organization for Standardization, Geochemistry, Analytical geochemistry, Standard reference materials, Women in science, Chemists, Women chemists
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Oral history interview with Earl L. Warrick
- 1986-Jan-16
…anything else that I was doing. I also ended up grading papers for the chemistry professor because he found out I liked chemistry and I was good at it. BOHNING: Was that your first exposure to chemistry? WARRICK: Well, I'd had a chemistry set when I was growing … good. So he encouraged me to take a master's degree and get some chemistry, and I emphasized physical chemistry from that point on. So I stayed …department was a bit disappointing. This led him to switch to physical chemistry, in which he received a master's degree. After recounting his year…
- Interviewee Warrick, Earl L., 1911-2002
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Dow Corning Corporation, Chemists, Chemists--Biography, Warrick, Earl L., 1911-2002, Mellon Institute
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Oral history interview with Haldor F. A. Topsøe
- 1999-Apr-19
…laughter] Architecture! But I did get most interested in physics and chemistry, and the sciences. I saw physics and chemistry as almost one thing …situation around particles and relate this also to chemistry. Much later, as we all know, the advent of isotope chemistry with …this meant that the work one did in physics was of only scant use to chemistry, with the standpoint chemistry then had. I would venture to say that…
- Interviewee Topsøe, Haldor F.A., 1913-2013
- Interviewer Brock, David C., Slater, Leo B.
- Subject Haldor Topsøe (Firm), Topsøe, Haldor F.A., 1913-2013, Catalysis, Chemical engineers, Emigration and immigration
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Portrait of Martin Hill Ittner (1870-1945)
- 1910s
…Bachelor’s degree in philosophy in 1892 and a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1894. He then entered Harvard University and graduated with both a Master’s degree and a PhD in organic chemistry in 1896. In December 1896, Ittner joined Colgate & Co. and quickly …, as well as the Perkin Medal for outstanding work in the field of chemistry in 1942. Ittner was an active member of the American Chemical Society…
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Oral history interview with Harland G. Wood
- 1990-Jan-19
…then reflects on his childhood and education, and first interest in chemistry. He chronicles his career in chemistry and molecular biology from …for myself, taking Cicero. "Well," he said, "Wood, you ought to take chemistry. Chemistry is very important in industry. It's very important training … University), and started taking some chemistry. I was very, very chagrined at how little I knew about chemistry.…
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Oral history interview with Paul A. Wilks
- 2002-Oct-29
… If you think back to high school, were you already interested in chemistry or engineering? WILKS: Yes, I did very well in chemistry. …he said, “you got a perfect SAT [Scholastic Aptitude Test] score in chemistry. Why aren’t you majoring in chemistry?” Here I was a junior, and … of them. The one course I didn’t take but wish I had was organic chemistry. I took a course in inorganic chemistry, but organic chemistry would…
- Interviewee Wilks, Paul A., Jr., 1923-2008
- Interviewer Brock, David C., Daemmrich, Arthur
- Subject Engineers, Wilks, Paul A., Jr., 1923-2008, Spectrum analysis, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, General Analysis Corporation, Wilks Scientific Corporation, Engineers--Biography, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Connecticut Instrument Company, Foxboro (Firm)
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A Quantitative Study of the Influence of Acetate and Phosphate on the Enzymic Activity of the Amylase of Aspergillus Oryzae
- 1928
…fungus and called it Erotius. In 1880 Atkinson® published a book on chemistry underlying the Japanese alco- holic fermentive process, which he named “The Chemistry of Sake Brewing.” He discusses therein the function of the enzyme …Polytech, Jour. 230, 229 (1878); 230, 76 (1878). 6 Atkinson, R. W., Chemistry of Sake Brewing (1880). idem, Monit. Scientif. 7 (1882). idem, Trans …1881-1969) written in partial fulfillment of her doctoral degree in chemistry from Columbia University. Tyler earned her Bachelor's degree from…
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Portrait of Charles Frederick Chandler (1836-1925)
- Circa 1900
…nearby New Bedford Middle School, where he first was introduced to chemistry. Chandler later attended the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard …the United States, Chandler served as chair of Columbia University's chemistry department (1866-1903), as well as president of the New York Metropolitan…
- Manufacturer Alman & Co.
- Subject Public health, Chandler, Charles Frederick, 1836-1925, Chemists, Portraits, Sanitation
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Oral history interview with Martin Latterich
- 2004-Jan-12 – 2004-Jan-13
- 2004-Jan-15
…Mönchengladbach, and went to a polytech [school] and she specialized in chemistry, natural sciences and chemistry. Then after that, she moved to Hamburg … graded in chemistry, because I was the only person who insisted to be tested in chemistry, although my chemistry teacher said he’s going to fail me if I decided to do chemistry as …Latterich spent much of his youth performing his own experiments (with chemistry sets and the like) and taking apart pieces of electronics. In high…
- Interviewee Latterich, Martin, 1966-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Latterich, Martin, 1966-, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Imperial Cancer Research Fund (Great Britain), Cytology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, McGill University, Cell interaction, Molecular genetics, Mammals--Genetics
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Oral history interview with Emma R. Parmee
- 2012-Jan-30 – 2012-Jan-31
…right, back in the early 1970s, and wishing someone would give me a chemistry set. In those days, my brothers’ chemistry sets were, like, real … our A-Levels. That was where I started to get a love of chemistry was organic chemistry. So there was a lab component in both physics … organic chemistry. So, how did the chemistry courses that you find yourself in all …
- Interviewee Parmee, Emma R., (Rachel), 1965-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Parmee, Emma R., 1965-, Women in science, Medical scientists, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Drugs, Diabetes--Treatment
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Letter from Kasimir Fajans to Max Bredig, July 11, 1937
- 1937-Jul-11
… ANN ARBOR DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY July 11, 1937 Dr. Max-Albert Bredig, Engineer …, where he accepted a better position at the university’s physical chemistry institute.) The academic year is mentioned in the deed of foundation … ANN ARBOR DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 11. Juli 1937 Herrn Dr. Ing. Max-Albert Bredig …
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Letter of condolence from Ernst Berl to Max Bredig
- 1944-Apr-28
… an Austrian chemist and professor of technical and macromolecular chemistry. During World War One, he produced explosives and chemical weapons…
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, July 13, 1937
- 1937-Jul-13
…Buchner (1848-1921), to promote collaboration between the fields of chemistry and engineering. …
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Table of the Elements in an Irregular Spiral
- 1940s
…the repetition of certain chemical properties, with elements whose chemistry is almost identical grouped together in blocks or connected by solid…
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Postage stamp commemorating the 5th Biennial Symposium of the Iranian Biochemical Society
- 1975
…formula for an amino acid where R stands for "radical." In organic chemistry, this nomenclature represents the possibility of any one of a series…