Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 1952, honored for the invention of partition chromatography
25th Anniversary: Death of Richard Laurence Millington Synge
100th Birthday: Primo Levi
Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor
175th Anniversary: Death of John Dalton
English chemist pioneered modern atomic theory
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On Being a Historian of Chemistry
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100th Anniversary: Death of Lord Rayleigh
Nobel Laureate co-discovered argon and explained the phenomenon of Rayleigh scattering
Time Capsule Dental Plaque
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The Periodic System between Chemistry and Physics
In the 1920s the periodic system turned out to be a macroscopic representation of the internal structure of the atoms – making it as much about physics as it is about chemistry
Sir Henry’s Secret Pot of Gold – Part 1
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