All History articles – Page 10
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ResearchThriving wine trade in Islamic Sicily revealed by the chemistry of its pottery
A new method for determining if pottery containers held wine or other grape products could help archaeologist chart the use of the ancient drink
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OpinionJulia Lermontova: an early pioneer
Katharine Sanderson tells the story of a 19th century Russian chemist who made contributions across a range of chemistry
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ReviewThe Poison Trials: Wonder Drugs, Experiment, and the Battle for Authority in Renaissance Science
An extremely well-researched monograph containing stories that bear an eerie resemblance to today’s politicised clinical trials
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PodcastThe Poison Trials by Alisha Rankin – Book club
Clinical trials have come a long way since the 16th century
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ReviewFilm: Forgotten Genius
The story of a Black chemist’s incredible scientific accomplishments in the face of almost insurmountable obstacles in early 20th century US
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OpinionSylvia Stoesser – the first female chemist at Dow
Rebecca Trager explores the story of a pioneering industrial researcher, named on 29 patents, but whose research career ended with motherhood
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PodcastCinnamaldehyde
How did a tree bark from Sri Lanka become one of the essential flavours of the festive season?
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OpinionBerthelot’s bomb calorimeter
The romantic life of the man who measured the heat of combustion
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OpinionMartin Gouterman: the gay man behind the four-orbital model
Abhik Ghosh tells the story of a porphyrin chemist who was a leading figure in Seattle’s gay rights movement of the 1960s
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Research‘Forgotten’ Egyptian blue pigment found in Raphael fresco
Scientists speculate that knowledge of making the ‘first synthetic pigment’ wasn’t quite as lost as some have supposed
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OpinionFortin’s barometer and balance
Defining a new system of measurement required a master instrument maker
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OpinionMarguerite Perey and the last element in nature
Kit Chapman tells the story of the chemist who discovered francium, but was almost denied the credit
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