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Letter from Max Bredig to Dr. H.S. Taylor
- 1939-Nov-07
…Stott Taylor (1890-1974), an English chemist who was a professor of chemistry at Princeton University at the time this letter was written. Bredig…
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Figure 2. Map to Illustrate how Geologic Formations Influence the Properties of Water.
- 1915
…includes chapters detailing the various types of plants and the natural chemistry of water in more basic terms. …
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Water Purification Plants and their Operation
- 1915
…includes chapters detailing the various types of plants and the natural chemistry of water in more basic terms. The volume includes a series of intaglio…
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The Alchemist
- 1800s
…This 19th-century image was created well after the establishment of chemistry as a university discipline, yet it looks backwards to an earlier …
- Artist Granet, François-Marius, 1775-1849
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Oral history interview with Mark M. Davis
- 1989-Dec-14
… three weeks, so people who have had freshman chemistry and organic chemistry, they let them into the labs that want to have …a bimbo. I had no respect for the chemistry teacher in high school, so I didn’t learn any chemistry. I had a …molecules, and I think I can make a transition from understanding DNA chemistry and RNA chemistry to protein chemistry. That’s not too different.…
- Interviewee Davis, Mark M., 1952-
- Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Morrissette, Naomi
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Stanford University. School of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Molecular biologists, Molecular biology--Research, Genetics--Research, Genomics, T-cell receptor genes, Davis, Mark M., 1952-
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Oral history interview with Sarah A. Woodson
- 1999-Jul-19 – 1999-Jul-21
…between current and voltage, and energy and work. Then we got into some chemistry. It was quite a bit less chemistry, but there was a little bit towards …improve undergraduate teaching. Even for courses like sophomore organic chemistry or freshman chemistry, the individual lecture sections are never … to the chemistry of nucleic acids. So a mixture-- COHEN: So it's similar, in …
- Interviewee Woodson, Sarah A., 1961-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Woodson, Sarah A., 1961-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, RNA--Research, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, College teachers, Women medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Michael J. Berry II
- 2007-Dec-04 – 2007-Dec-05
…BERRY: Yeah, a physical chemist. My mom also had a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. They met in chemistry class in college. So…Houston, Texas, for …very strong smell of coffee everywhere and all these stinks of the chemistry department—organic chemistry. He was a physical chemist, which wasn …It was kind of a tough environment academically, but I took honors chemistry and honors physics. And basically I thought everything in the chemistry…
- Interviewee Berry, Michael J., II, 1967-
- Interviewer Frenkel, Karen A.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Berry, Michael J., II, 1967-, Meister, Markus, Princeton University, Neurosciences--Research, Retina--Research, Molecular biology--Study and teaching
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Oral history interview with Mark A. Ratner
- 2006-Apr-07
…you could actually do an etching. And that was the follow up of the chemistry set, because nitric acid did not come in chemistry sets even then …little bit of this and a little bit of that. DAEMMRICH: Did the chemistry major at the time involve inorganic or organic chemistry? RATNER …that’s pretty outstanding in the smallest of the traditional areas of chemistry. The largest is clearly organic chemistry, and then physical chemistry…
- Interviewee Ratner, Mark A., 1942-
- Interviewer Daemmrich, Arthur, Mody, Cyrus C. M.
- Sponsor Center for Nanotechnology in Society
- Subject Ratner, Mark A., 1942-, Chemists, Nanotechnology, Nanostructured materials industry, Molecular electronics, Nanoelectronics
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Oral history interview with Peter F. DeCarlo
- 2013-Apr-10 – 2013-Apr-11
… kind of stimulated me, I think, more. And so everyone had to take chemistry and the chemistry two class that I took my senior year was actually analytical chemistry and organic chemistry and all the AP [advanced placement] chemistry … chemistry labs more than I remember my college chemistry labs. I remember making …which offered high school students joint classes with Purdue. He loved chemistry, first becoming interested in pharmaceutical chemistry, which led…
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Oral history interview with Jerry R. Faust
- 1997-Feb-18 – 1997-Feb-20
…grade? Because it wasn't until I got to high school that I went into chemistry. My high school chemistry teacher, at the end of the sophomore year …opportunities exist for people, research, whether it's nuclear physics or chemistry or biology or what have you." Then I think the chemistry …doing in this job? Was it biochemical work or was it more straight chemistry or organic chemistry? FAUST: It was a little bit of chemistry…
- Interviewee Faust, Jerry R., 1948-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Faust, Jerry R., 1948-, Biochemistry, Brown, Michael S., 1941-, Goldstein, Joseph L. (Joseph Leonard), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Clinical medicine--Research, Cholesterol--Metabolism, Research grants, Biochemists, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with George Rosenkranz
- 1997-May-17
… my last two years, I learned so much chemistry that when I finally got into the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule …year on four out of five major disciplines I did not select physical chemistry. Instead I chose organic and inorganic chemistry, and organic and …microanalysis lab; he spearheaded applying the methods of physical chemistry to organic chemistry. I mention all these people because the Swiss…
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Oral history interview with John W. Johnstone
- 1997-Feb-11
… of his early life and education, including a bachelor's degree in chemistry and physics from Hartwick College. Johnstone began his career at … Yes.TRAYNHAM: You did follow your friend’s advice. You studied chemistry?JOHNSTONE: Yes. I studied chemistry. I’ll tell you, it was very …paid.” That was baloney. So I took a double major, majored in chemistry and physics—took as much chemistry as was available. I took two …
- Interviewee Johnstone, John W., 1932-2011
- Interviewer Traynham, James G.
- Subject Chemical industry, Businesspeople--Biography, Olin Corporation, Airco, Inc., Businesspeople, Executives, Chemists, Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp., Executives--Biography, Chemists--Biography, Johnstone, John W., 1932-2011
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Oral history interview with John R. Schaefgen
- 1986-Apr-03
…and commuted. That was the only way we could afford it. I took a chemistry exam when I started in the school. Based on that chemistry exam, …Manor". We arranged it so that the landlord accepted only graduate chemistry students and we agreed to fill the house. So, we kept it as a chemistry …first choice. I was interested in chemistry generally. That's probably why I went into polymer chemistry. It…
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Benzo Colours on Cotton Cloth
- 1900 – 1950
…to the benzene functional group of the dye molecule, indicating the chemistry of direct cotton color from coal-tar (aniline) derivatives. The samples…
- Creator Of Work Bayer Company, Inc.
- Publisher Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co., Dyes and dyeing--Cotton
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Perkin-Elmer corporate video
- 1987
… employees appear: Dr. David P. Brinkley (Director, Computer Aided Chemistry); Donna Marie Vandergrift (Assistant Product Manager, Biotechnology…
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Article on Margarete von Wrangell
- Circa 1932
… a German university. In 1909, she received her doctoral degree in chemistry from the University of Tübingen and worked for several years in plant…
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Alwin Mittash and Otto Hahn in a laboratory
- 1901
…when bombarded by neutrons. In 1944, he received the Nobel prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the fission of heavy nuclei. Mittasch was …
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Figure 4. Illustration of Drift Theory
- 1862
…Henry Pepper (1821-1900), was an analytical chemist and professor of chemistry at the Royal Polytechnic, London. Nearly 300 engravings illustrate…
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Illustration of Pareira root
- Pareirae radix
- 1886
…. Wills was the founder and Director of the Westminster College of Chemistry and Pharmacy in London. The school was established to train druggists…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Botanical illustration, Materia medica, Vegetable
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Spectrum Analysis in its Application to Terrestrial Substances, and the Physical Constitution of the Heavenly Bodies
- 1872 (Published)
…position which Spectrum Analysis has acquired in the pursuit of Physics, Chemistry, Technology, Physiology, and Astronomy, as well as its adaptability…
- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Subject Spectrum analysis
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Benzo Colours on Cotton Yarn, Part I
- 1921
…and cotton thread samples. Benzo refers to benzene, indicating the chemistry of direct cotton color from coal-tar derivatives. The sample colors…
- 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 John L. Holmes
- 2013-Dec-12
…of the war, and vividly recalls the London Blitz. A mere ‘pass’ in chemistry on his Higher School examination meant that Holmes was bound for …College, eventually passing the London External BSc examination in chemistry. His score earned him admission to graduate studies at University …returned to Ottawa, accepting a position as assistant professor in the Chemistry Department at the University of Ottawa, where (with the exception…
- Interviewee Holmes, John L., 1931-
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject Mass spectrometry, University of Ottawa, Mass spectrometers, Mass spectrometers--Maintenance and repair, Holmes, John L., 1931-
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Oral history interview with Gloria L. Anderson
- 2009-Aug-21
…’s what led us to enroll in chemistry and to become chemistry majors. Now, I know that isn’t a good thing …was what we wanted to do. BROWN: So, what grade did you get in chemistry? ANDERSON: I think I may be been the only one in chemistry who had not had chemistry in high school. I made a B in chemistry. BROWN: Isn’t it amazing …and Henry McBay as mentors, she wrote a master’s thesis in butadiene chemistry. During this time she also married. After a year of teaching at South…
- Interviewee Anderson, Gloria L. (Gloria Long), 1938-
- Interviewer Brown, Jeannette E.
- Subject Anderson, Gloria L. (Gloria Long), 1938-, United States. Food and Drug Administration, Women in chemistry, African American women scientists, Antiviral agents, Scientists, Black, King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968, Women in science--Study and teaching
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Oral history interview with John D. Baldeschwieler
- 2003-Jun-13
…were very primitive by current standards. [laughter] I didn’t have a chemistry set. In fact, chemistry was not very attractive to me. I preferred …three-dimensional and structural. BROCK: Did you develop an interest in chemistry during high school? BALDESCHWIELER: Yes. We studied chemistry … and analytical chemistry. Physical chemistry was thermodynamics, the properties of fluids…
- Interviewee Baldeschwieler, John D., 1933-
- Interviewer Daemmrich, Arthur, Brock, David C.
- Subject Science and state, Baldeschwieler, John D., 1933-, United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Cyclotron resonance, Infrared spectroscopy, United States. Commission on Science and Technology, California Institute of Technology, Chemical engineers, Nuclear magnetic resonance
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Oral history interview with James A. Borowiec
- 1993-Sep-14
- 1993-Sep-17
- 1993-Sep-23
- 1993-Oct-01
- 1993-Oct-09 – 1993-Oct-10
… a short period, I was a joint major. I wanted to pursue a biology/chemistry degree. I knew chemistry was a lot of fun, but I realized that I … You said that you really couldn’t do a cross-disciplinary biology/chemistry major there. So you opted for the chemistry, and I guess that was … of metabolism that involved chemistry. There was a great influx of people into metabolic chemistry. People…
- Interviewee Borowiec, James A., 1958-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Borowiec, James A., 1958-, Boyer, Paul D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, SV40 (Virus), DNA replication, New York University. Medical Center, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), Research, Geneticists, Medical scientists, Molecular biologists