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Figure 62. Dorid Nudibranch. Figure 63. Dextral and Sinistral Fresh-water Univalve. Figure 64. Land-snail
- Part of Popular Zoology
- 1887
…). Subjects addressed in a similar manner in other volumes include chemistry, human physiology, physics,and astronomy. Popular Zoology was completed…
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Figure 446. Civet. Figure 447. Genet. Figure 448. Pharaoh's Rat
- Part of Popular Zoology
- 1887
…). Subjects addressed in a similar manner in other volumes include chemistry, human physiology, physics,and astronomy. Popular Zoology was completed…
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Figure 473. Proboscis Monkey. Figure 474. Sacred Monkey
- Part of Popular Zoology
- 1887
…). Subjects addressed in a similar manner in other volumes include chemistry, human physiology, physics,and astronomy. Popular Zoology was completed…
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Trade card for Libox, Extrait de Viande Assaisonné [Libox, Seasoned Beef Extract]
- Claude Louis Berthollet visits Antoine Laurent Lavoisier at the Sorbonne in Paris
- 1903
… Lavoisier and Berthollet. Widely considered the father of modern chemistry, Lavoisier is credited with many scientific discoveries including…
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Portrait of Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922)
- Circa 1910
…in Scotland. After returning to Japan in 1883, Takamine joined the chemistry division at the newly-created Imperial Department of Agriculture …
- Manufacturer Alman & Co.
- Subject Chemical engineering, Enzymes, Takamine, Jokichi, 1854-1922, Hormones, Chemists, Portraits, Biochemistry, Asian American scientists, Scientists
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Henry Earle Lumpkin in office at Exxon Research and Engineering Company laboratory
- 1969-Oct
…1920-2012) was born in Ingram, Texas in 1920 and received his B.A. in chemistry from Southwest Texas State University in 1941. He subsequently undertook…
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Henry Earle Lumpkin receiving service pin at Humble-Esso
- 1965-Oct-11
…1920-2012) was born in Ingram, Texas in 1920 and received his B.A. in chemistry from Southwest Texas State University in 1941. He subsequently undertook…
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Oral history interview with Judith Summers-Gates
- 2017-Jan-20
- 2017-Feb-06
…told my parents, “This one’s going to need an exorcist.” I wanted a chemistry set from my earliest days, I wanted a chemistry set. I’ve got some …as a team. I did have one person in the class, my high school chemistry class, who happened to be the son of a chemistry professor [Theo …activity or program. You’re reaching out to the public and telling them chemistry isn’t scary, chemistry can be kind of cool, chemistry isn’t all evil…
- Interviewer Martucci, Jessica L., Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Interviewee Summers-Gates, Judith, 1958-
- Subject Women in science, People with disabilities, People with mental disabilities, Blind, People with visual disabilities, Drexel University, United States. Department of Defense, United States. Department of Agriculture, United States. Food and Drug Administration, Engineering, Breast--Radiography, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (United States), Paratransit services, Self-help device for people with disabilities, American Chemical Society, Chemists with disabilitites, Chemistry, Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Oral history interview with Alex G. Harrison
- 2013-Nov-13
…scholarship to the University of Western Ontario and decided to study chemistry, and completed both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Harrison …your research career, but when you were teaching, what— basic organic chemistry or chemistry to freshmen or . . . ? HARRISON: I did a lot of …about the same every year. GRAYSON: Okay, and in addition to “Chemistry for Poets” you taught— HARRISON: Chemistry for first-year life…
- Interviewee Harrison, Alex G.
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject Mass spectrometry, Scientists, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, McMaster University, Anions, College teachers, Science--Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Oral history interview with Linda C. Meade-Tollin
- 2009-Oct-01
… decide to major in chemistry? MEADE-TOLLIN: I just always liked science. I liked chemistry …was accepted and started my graduate career at City College in the chemistry program. At that time, I was told that chemistry was just like biochemistry …and I soon found out there were major differences between [doctoral] chemistry and biochemistry programs. I was encouraged to go into the chemistry…
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Oral history interview with Charles W. Tobias
- 1995-May-15 – 1995-May-16
…option. I didn't know this. [laughter] Anyway, the math, physics, and chemistry were very inspiring. BOHNING: What was the name of your chemistry …I had a really motivating course was in my second year in physical chemistry where suddenly I started to see that chemistry is a science; there …[laughter] We were an engineering department born in the womb of a chemistry department, moreover an exquisite first-rate chemistry department…
- Interviewee Tobias, Charles W., 1920-1996
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Electrochemical Society, Tobias, Charles W., 1920-1996, Chemical engineers, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Alfred O.C. Nier
- 1989-Apr-07 (First session)
- 1989-Apr-08 (Second session)
- 1989-Apr-09 (Third session)
- 1989-Apr-10 (Fourth session)
… partial affiliate with the National Foundation for the History of Chemistry [NFHC, now the Chemical Heritage Foundation], and I feel that eventually …school, I was interested in the science courses. I took physics and chemistry there, and I took all the math that was available. And also, I took … in the chemistry building around an open stairwell. They used to have open stairwells…
- Interviewee Nier, Alfred O. (Alfred Otto), 1911-1994
- Interviewer Krick, Thomas, Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject American Society for Testing and Materials, Mass spectrometers, Chemists, Mass spectrometry, Chemists--Biography, University of Minnesota, Nier, Alfred O. (Alfred Otto), 1911-1994, American Society for Mass Spectrometry
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Oral history interview with Richard I. Dorsky
- 2009-Jul-15 – 2009-Jul-16
… to get me interested and show me the basic stuff that any science—chemistry—lab has. I had a chemistry set when I grew up. I was definitely …junior year of high school. DOMUSH: Okay. DORSKY: We took chemistry in sophomore year. We didn’t have an advanced placement chemistry …after a week. So, that was the end of math for me. I took inorganic chemistry and physical chemistry, because organic was a second year [course…
- Interviewee Dorsky, Richard I., 1969-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject University of Utah, Neurobiology, Neurobiology--Research, Neurobiologists, Wnt proteins, Developmental neurobiology, Dorsky, Richard I., 1969-
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Oral history interview with Robert J. Manning
- 2002-Feb-19
…Manning begins the interview by discussing his educational background in chemistry and his United States Navy research on rocket fuel. Manning relates …Missouri in Kansas City, on the GI Bill and got my master’s degree in chemistry. My first job was with the United States Naval Ordnance Test Station …main propulsion system. BROCK: How did you become interested in chemistry? MANNING: I had a chemistry set when I was a kid. Also, my…
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Oral history interview with Ernest H. Volwiler
- 1986-Aug-18
…That must have been the summer of 1910. BOHNING: What other chemistry did you take at Miami? VOLWILER: I took general chemistry, of course. I took a course in general chemistry and a course in physical chemistry. That's all there was. …? VOLWILER: Yes. We had some laboratory work in general chemistry and in organic chemistry. BOHNING: Did you do any research …college study at Miami University, where he first became interested in chemistry. He remembers the influence of faculty there and his wish to undertake…
- Interviewee Volwiler, Ernest H., 1893-1992
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Abbott Laboratories, Chemists, Chemists--Biography, Volwiler, Ernest H., 1893-1992
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Oral history interview with Kenneth A. Dill
- 1989-Dec-12
- 2009-Feb-09 – 2009-Feb-10
… spare time doing [those sorts of things]. We worked a little with chemistry, but neither of us was as interested in chemistry as we were in electronics …fascinating fundamental problems. But] then you also need to know some chemistry. So I [tried to learn some chemistry as I was] going along. [. . … teaching idea. I tried it for organic chemistry]. [. . .] The experiment was: here’s organic chemistry. Here’s the…
- Interviewee Dill, Kenneth A., 1947-
- Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Morrissette, Naomi, Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject National Institutes of Health (U.S.), National Science Foundation (U.S.), Chemists, Chemistry, Life--Origin--Research, Micelles, Protein folding, Science and state, Dill, Kenneth A., 1947-
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Oral history interview with William C. Goggin
- 1986-Aug-20
…’t recall what other courses I took as a freshman. BOHNING: Chemistry? Or would that have been later? GOGGIN: I took freshman chemistry …physics. I don’t recall the exact years. BOHNING: Did you take chemistry beyond the freshmen chemistry? GOGGIN: No. I concentrated …good for the number of students that we had, both in physics and in chemistry. They were especially good in chemistry. The chemistry division…
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Oral history interview with Erol Fikrig
- 2000-Jul-17 – 2000-Jul-19
… of that stuff at home? FIKRIG: I remember having a chemistry set. I did have a chemistry set, and I used to mix baking soda and … to do that. So what was the next thing? FIKRIG: Then I liked chemistry, so I wanted to do science, chemistry. COHEN: Did you have an …FIKRIG: A little bit, because I went to the office there. But I took chemistry. Actually, my roommate ended up being a chemistry major as well. …
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Max and Lydia Bredig with Marianne and Viktor Homburger in Colorado
- Circa 1943
…Bredig (1868-1944), served as the Director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the Technical University of Karlsruhe. Max followed in his father…
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Scientists from the University of Breslau, 1852
- 1852
…Breslau. In 1846, he became an associate professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at Breslau, attaining a full professorship in 1859. Kirchhoff was…
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Oral history interview with Mark A. Saper
- 1999-Sep-22 – 1999-Sep-24
…which I had just mixed feelings about. COHEN: Did you also take chemistry and physics in high school? SAPER: Right. Junior year was chemistry … the only difference was that in biophysics you take a little more chemistry. You take physical chemistry. I didn't know from biophysics, but … I was going to do really well in organic chemistry. And in fact, I did. I got A's in all the organic chemistry…
- Interviewee Saper, Mark A., 1954-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Saper, Mark A., 1954-, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Crystallography, HLA histocompatibility antigens, Biochemistry--Research
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Oral history interview with Judith White
- 1989-Dec-13
…we chose our major the first year or the second year. I majored in chemistry, and so I guess my first year I took chemistry courses, and still …experience for me, because it was really a well-run, well-organized protein chemistry lab, and whereas I was basically trying to do protein chemistry in …I guess the chemistry professor, who was just, I didn’t really get to know her personally…
- Interviewee White, Judith, 1952-
- Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Morrissette, Naomi
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject White, Judith, 1952-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Viruses, Cytology, DNA--Research, Women medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Paul D. Gollnick
- 1998-Oct-12 – 1998-Oct-14
…I was in junior high and stuff. But then, I got more interested in chemistry and so on about high schooltime and in part by the high school chemistry …reflected the name more so even than it might because it was a half a chemistry degree. I had first-year chemistry; I had analytical chemistry; I had organic chemistry; I had p chem. So I had sort of a half a chemistry degree. And then …hours spent helping his father in his father's lab, and a high-school chemistry teacher who also inspired him. Paul's mother was a musician and music…
- Interviewee Gollnick, Paul D., 1958-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Gollnick, Paul D., 1958-, Biochemistry, Transfer RNA, HeLa cells, Gene expression, State University of New York at Buffalo, Molecular cloning, Bacillus subtilis, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Joseph M. DeSimone
- 2013-May-01 – 2013-May-02
…things got more into fireworks and related things, and… CARUSO: Chemistry kits? DESIMONE: My sister had the chemistry kit. I didn’t. I … that was the year before. They dropped the chemistry as integrated with that. They co-taught calculus and physics. Chemistry …composition, Western Literature. But I started taking…I fell in love with chemistry and organic chemistry. [I] had a great o-chem [organic chemistry]…
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Oral history interview with Gerhard Herzberg
- 1986-May-05
…the National Research Council of Canada and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1971. INTERVIEW: Dr. Gerhard … these years which influenced you to go into science, mathematics, chemistry? HERZBERG: My interest in science -- actually before I had the …those subjects, astronomy was a natural interest. Of course, I did chemistry as well. We had a fairly good teacher in chemistry. Actually we…