All History articles – Page 36
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Feature
Alfred Werner: the well-coordinated chemist
Alfred Werner’s careful experiments led to the discovery of what came to be known as coordination bonds. Mike Sutton looks at how he pointed the way to chemistry’s complex future
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Opinion
A (chemical) potential theory of life's origin
Philip Ball says we should look beyond the molecules that make us to find the spark of life
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Opinion
Royal Institution's chemical heritage for sale
If the Royal Institution is to have a future, it cannot be separated from its past, says Mark Peplow
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Opinion
30 years ago: The oldest operational PerkinElmer spectrophotometer in the UK is found
Firm celebrates silver jubilee with competition
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Opinion
The founding myths of chemistry
Chemists should learn from the past, says Philip Ball, but they may need a history lesson first
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Feature
Making pain history
From ancient folk remedy to the wonder drug of the early industrial age and beyond. Mike Sutton traces the remarkable history of aspirin
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Opinion
30 Years ago: Endowment for Spinks Symposia
ICI creates £10,000 trust fund for a biennial symposium in honour of Alfred Spinks
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Opinion
Dickens and the haunted chemist
Christmas carol author explored chemistry in fact and fiction
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Opinion
20 years ago: degrading spacesuits
The National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, US, has discovered that its reference collection of spacesuits is deteriorating rapidly
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Feature
The golden helix
The discovery of the importance and structure DNA was more than just Crick and Watson’s eureka moment. Mike Sutton untangles the tale of life’s molecular mysteries