Colin Russell
- Review
Organic origins
From atoms to molecules: studies in the history of chemistry from the 19th century
- Feature
The first scientific baron
In the month that marks the 100th anniversary of Lord Kelvin's death, Colin Russell unravels the life of a prodigious talent
- Feature
The first president
Thomas Graham, the first president of the Chemical Society, deserves more recognition for his work than history has given him. Colin Russell attempts to redress the balance.
- Feature
Nobel prizes and noble gases
As the 2004 Nobel prizes are announced, Colin Russell examines the life and times of William Ramsay, who discovered the noble gases and won the coveted award in 1904.
- Feature
Furnaces for philosophers
Colin Russell tells the story of an early industrial chemist Johann Glauber.
- Feature
Ethereal philosopher
Success was sweet indeed for Victorian chemist A W Williamson. Colin Russell tells his story.
- News
One thing leads to another
At the hands of Ernst Beckmann, two major chemical developments came from isolating some very simple compounds.
- News
Enterprise and electrolysis...
William Nicholson, born 250 years ago this year, founded a new journal and discovered electrolysis. Colin Russell elaborates.
- News
Images of chemistry
Changing opinions of chemistry should give us something to think about for the future, Colin Russell contends.