Fritz Haber, who received the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis of ammonia from its elements, died January 29, 1934
80th Anniversary of Fritz Haber's Death
75th Anniversary: Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was first synthesized November 16, 1938, by Albert Hofmann
120th Birthday: Sir Christopher Ingold
120th Birthday of Sir Chistopher Ingold, one of the chief pioneers of physical-organic chemistry
75th Birthday: Ryoji Noyori
Ryoji Noyori, Nobel Prize laureate 2001, celebrates his 75th birthday
100th Birthday: Mildred Cohn
A biochemist who overcame religious and sexual discrimination
100th Anniversary: Clemmensen Reduction
The Clemmensen reduction of ketones and aldehydes is the simplest direct method for converting the carbonyl group into a methylene group
25th Anniversary: Louis de Broglie's Death
Louis de Broglie is best known for his theory of the wave-particle duality of matter
150th Birthday of Agnes Pockels
Agnes Pockels was a pioneer in the field of surface tension and the measurement of surface films
Boyle’s Law: 350th Anniversary
This year marks the 350th anniversary of the publication of Boyle’s law which describes how the pressure and volume of a gas are related
The Misjudgment of Heroin
From cure-all to most notorious drug of the 20th century