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Portrait of Jules Raulin
- Circa 1870 (Date of original print)
… and biologist Jules Raulin (1836-1896). Raulin founded the French chemistry school École supérieure de chimie industrielle de Lyon, currently…
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Oral history interview with Hans C. Oettgen
- 2004-Jan-21 – 2004-Jan-22
…strong science program, so I was doing biology in the first year and chemistry. I decided already in the first year to become a chemistry …differentiate towards biochemistry. You could do two kinds of chemistry majors at Williams: a hardcore physical chemistry major or a biochemistry … chemistry, which is a daunting course, which involved a lot of math and calculus…
- Interviewee Oettgen, Hans C., 1958-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Oettgen, Hans C., 1958-, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Proteins--Research, T cells, Immunoglobulins, Immunology
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Oral history interview with Cynthia J. Burrows
- 2009-Jul-15 – 2009-Jul-16
…this other student, anyway. DOMUSH: What about the high school chemistry course? BURROWS: Chemistry at Boulder High…oh, by then…I need …, there was an option to be in the honors chemistry class. The honors or AP chemistry, whatever we were called then, … physics and chemistry lab, they didn’t really do any chemistry as far as I could tell. …
- Interviewee Burrows, Cynthia J., 1953-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Burrows, Cynthia J., 1953-, Reaction mechanisms (Chemistry), Lehn, J.-M. (Jean-Marie), Carpenter, Barry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, University of Utah, Women in chemistry, Women in science--Social aspects, Working mothers, Chemists, Women chemists
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Oral history interview with Marion C. Thurnauer
- 2010-Apr-07 – 2010-Apr-08
…have another short anecdote about minerals triggering an interest in chemistry]. Tom [Thomas R.] Cech, who received the Nobel [Nobel Prize, Chemistry … a lot […of leeway]. Some of the first programs [supported in the Chemistry Division] were heavy elements chemistry, and separations [chemistry …. Radiation chemistry was initially started to understand […the chemistry that occurred…
- Interviewee Thurnauer, Marion C., 1945-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Thurnauer, Marion C., 1945-, Women in science, Women in chemistry, Electron paramagnetic resonance, Photosynthesis, Argonne National Laboratory
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Oral history interview with Carlyle B. Storm
- 2002-Sep-22
…academic path. After obtaining his PhD, Storm became a professor of chemistry at Howard University. In the early 1980s, he accepted a position …realized that connection to industry. THACKRAY: Did you have a chemistry set? STORM: Well, I certainly had a chemistry set. I had … then behind them in terms of number and distribution—from nuclear chemistry to synthetic organic chemistry to biochemistry to structural chemistry…
- Interviewee Storm, Carlyle B., 1935-2019
- Interviewer Daemmrich, Arthur, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
- Subject University of Oxford, Gordon Research Conferences, Chemists, Howard University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Storm, Carlyle B., 1935-2019, Chemists--Biography, Norges tekniske høgskole, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
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14 items
Advertisement publications by Verlag Chemie and John Wiley & Sons
- Circa 1933
… min 1. New elastic system of classifica- tion Crystallography and chemistry are essentially the bases of the new classifications of crystalline … of the chemistry section. Analyse lated form with the computed co at the beginning … to other minerals, is given at the beginning of the chemistry section. Analyses are presented in tabu- lated form with the computed…
- Creator Of Work John Wiley & Sons
- Subject Angel, Gösta, Müller, Wolf Johannes, (1874-1941)
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Dinner in December
- 1944
…to insure a continuous flow of good, wholesome food to our tables. Chemistry contributes, in many ways, to the successful accomplishment of this … and frozen" food to American tables year-round through the use of chemistry. Notably, the advertisement was produced during World War II and …
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DDT and the Insect Problem
- 1946
…in mind, and emphasis herein stems from that objective. ‘Thus, the chemistry has been reduced to a highly simplified description, while the pharmacology …CONTENTS Preface I, Introduction II. Insects and Insecticides . III. Chemistry and Pharmacology of DDT . IV. How to: Use DDT V1 Dat Vy a : VI. Man …Volume dedicated to summarizing the various uses, chemistry, pharmacology, history, and methods of using DDT. DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane…
- Author Leary, James C., Fishbein, William I., Salter, Lawrence C.
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Subject DDT (Insecticide)
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39 items
Bredig Family Album
- Circa 1930
…Albert Bredig (1902-1977) and family. The album includes images of chemistry laboratories and apparatus as well as images of Max and his father…
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Science History at Priestley House
- 1986
…about Joseph Priestley and his life in Pennsylvania was created by chemistry students at Mifflinburg Area High School in partnership with the …
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Portrait of Marcellin Berthelot
- Circa 1900
…Berthelot was a French chemist, historian, and politician. His work in chemistry focused on organic synthesis and thermochemistry. The probable …
- Photographer Pirou, Eugène, 1841-1909
- Subject Berthelot, M. (Marcellin), 1827-1907, Chemists, Scientists, Carte de visite photographs
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Postcard from C.J. Lintner to Georg Bredig
- 1900-Jan-22
…was a German scientist who specialized in fermentation and brewing chemistry. His father, Carl Lintner (1828-1900), was also a brewing scientist…
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Figure 4. General View of a Slow Sand Filter Plant
- 1915
…includes chapters detailing the various types of plants and the natural chemistry of water in more basic terms. …
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Portrait of Samuel Schmucker Sadtler (1873-1954)
- 1910s
…the first editors of Chemical Abstracts, as well as the author of Chemistry of Familiar Things.…
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Benzo Colours on Cotton Yarn, Part II
- 1921
…and cotton thread samples. Benzo refers to benzene, indicating the chemistry of direct cotton color from coal-tar derivatives. The samples illustrate…
- Creator Of Work Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.
- Subject Dyes and dyeing--Yarn, Dyes and dyeing--Cotton
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Oral history interview with J. Franklin Hyde
- 1986-Apr-30
…J. Franklin Hyde discusses his university studies in chemistry, which culminated in a PhD in organic chemistry with Roger Adams … He was that kind of a teacher. BOHNING: Did you have any chemistry courses in that high school? HYDE: The chemistry laboratory …remember her name now, was a good teacher. She taught more than just chemistry, so I learned a little bit of chemistry in high school. There was…
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Oral history interview with Paul B. Weisz
- 1995-Mar-27
…BOHNING: Did you take your other courses in physics, as opposed to chemistry? WEISZ: No. I did take chemistry. Analytical chemistry, I did. I …in aeronautics, of all things, too, and I think I sat in on organic chemistry. I didn't have a lot of chemistry in my formal education, let me …understanding the market--an understanding of the relevancy of your chemistry activity to it, if you are dealing with chemistry or whatsoever. …
- Interviewee Weisz, Paul Burg, 1919-2012
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Weisz, Paul Burg, 1919-, Physicists--Biography, Mobil Research and Development Corporation, Physicists, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Leo Mandelkern
- 1986-Apr-28
… in American history. But, I had to take other courses, including chemistry, physics, and beginning math. Chemistry, particularly freshman chemistry … in history if that was all I could do. So I decided to switch to chemistry and give it a try. Cornell was very good in chemistry in those days …a theoretical quantum mechanician. There are still some people in chemistry who were here but they moved into chemistry when the new chemistry…
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Oral history interview with Henrique von Gersdorff
- 2006-Feb-08 – 2006-Feb-10
… grade or tenth grade, and then there was a year where it was just chemistry, and I think twelfth grade was just going to be physics, but I never … single year, a little bit of each. So you have a physics class, a chemistry class, biology class in ninth grade, in tenth grade, in eleventh …were done, and how I could apply this math knowledge to physics or chemistry or biology and make some sense out of the world through a very quantitative…
- Interviewee von Gersdorff, Henrique, 1960-
- Interviewer Mejia, Robin
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject von Gersdorff, Henrique, 1960-, Neurobiology, Neurobiologists, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Electrophysiology, Brain--Research
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Oral history interview with Roy J. Plunkett
- 1986-Apr-14 (First session)
- 1986-May-27 (Second session)
…BOHNING: [...] This is Jim Bohning of the Center for the History of Chemistry, speaking with Dr. Roy Plunkett in his hotel rin the Marriott Marquis …influenced me and my brother and sisters. BOHNING: Did you have any chemistry when you were in high school? PLUNKETT: I had very little chemistry …school, even though it was a consolidated school. They didn't get into chemistry very much, although Mr. White was interested in chemistry and I got…
- Interviewee Plunkett, Roy J. (Roy Joseph), 1910-1994
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Chemists, Polytef, Chemists--Biography, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Plunkett, Roy J. (Roy Joseph), 1910-1994
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Oral history interview with Rudolf Signer
- 1986-Sep-30
…theoretical field, and that I should take either mathematics, physics or chemistry. And so I took chemistry. KOEPPEL: You took his advice … lecture of inorganic chemistry, not only in organic chemistry. In one term it was inorganic and the next term organic chemistry, so you see Staudinger had a broad view on chemistry as a whole. …youthful interests in astronomy and philosophy were reinforced. Study of chemistry at ETH followed, and Signer recalls some of his professors there.…
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Oral history interview with Frederick J. Karol
- 1995-Jan-10
…, but there was nothing outstanding. BOHNING: You majored in chemistry? KAROL: I majored in chemistry. The thing I remember most …area of statistical thermodynamics, which is really in the physical chemistry department. I was in the organic chemistry department. Swain said …nothing about. I worked extremely hard in getting through the organic chemistry as well as the physical chemistry. Plus, I had been out of school…
- Interviewee Karol, Frederick J., 1933-
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject Karol, Frederick J., 1933-, World War (1939-1945), Soldiers, Union Carbide Corporation, Polyethylene, License agreements, Chemical industry, Shell Chemical Company, Polypropylene, Ziegler-Natta catalysts, Polymers, Polymerization, Chemists
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Trade card for Extrait de Viande de la Cie Liebig [Liebig Meat Extract Company] with Albertus Magnus
- 1903
…German Dominican friar and Catholic bishop. His work in alchemy and chemistry credits him with the discovery of arsenic. He also experimented with …silver nitrate. His publications cover various topics in alchemy and chemistry. He is often attributed with discovering the philosopher's stone …
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Oral history interview with Leo H. Sternbach
- 1986-Mar-12
… of pharmacy. KOEPPEL: You got that degree in 1929. You took also chemistry courses. Were you allowed to take additional chemistry courses? …of chemistry? STERNBACH: Inorganic and organic chemistry, not medicinal chemistry ……
- Interviewee Sternbach, L. H. (Leo H.)
- Interviewer Koeppel, Tonja A.
- Subject Roche Diagnostics, Sternbach, L. H. (Leo H.), Chemists--Biography, Benzodiazepines, Chemists, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Keith R. Jennings
- 2008-Apr-24 (First session)
- 2008-Apr-25 (Second session)
…discussing his youth and education in the United Kingdom, including his chemistry studies at University of Oxford, where he worked with Jack Wilfrid … a degree in chemistry, so if you were at school you didn’t come to Warwick to do chemistry … chemistry, 80 organic chemistry, 10, 11, 12, 23, 43, 65, 66, 68, 69, 76, 86…
- Interviewee Jennings, Keith R., 1932-
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject Chromatographic analysis, Jennings, Keith R., 1932-, Mass spectrometry, Chemists--Biography, Chemical apparatus, Chemists