All History articles – Page 42

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2010-10-28T13:07:47Z

    35 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Bridgman's seal

    2010-10-28T10:14:00Z

    The most reductive of literary critics are wont to say that there are only seven kinds of stories

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2010-09-28T12:07:26Z

    40 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-250
    Opinion

    Saussure's cyanometer

    2010-09-28T10:41:00Z

    In 1959, jazz trumpeter Miles Davis assembled his ideal sextet

  • cannabis plant
    Podcast

    Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

    2010-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Akshat Rathi introduces one of the key psychoactive ingredients in cannabis

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2010-08-27T14:41:33Z

    25 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-gooch-200
    Opinion

    Gooch's crucible

    2010-08-27T11:40:00Z

    Many years ago, a friend of mine teased me about how I, as a chemist, would probably die young of some dread occupational disease

  • CLASSIC-KIT-180
    Opinion

    Haldane's blood gas analyser

    2010-07-30T09:30:00Z

    Félix Houphouët-Boigny, who steered Ivory Coast to independence in 1959, was known as the Sage of Africa

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2010-07-30T09:16:03Z

    15 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • FEATURE-BOYS-180
    Feature

    The lost Boys of quantum chemistry

    2010-07-30T09:13:00Z

    Dermot Martin profiles Frank Boys, an unsung hero of theoretical chemistry

  • Vanilla fruit drying
    Podcast

    Vanillin

    2010-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton explores the history of Vanillin 

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2010-06-25T12:37:13Z

    15 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-morton-200
    Opinion

    Morton flask

    2010-06-25T11:34:00Z

    Baldassarre Castiglione wrote that the perfect gentleman should 'affect in all things sprezzatura' - artful effortlessness

  • Periodic table of the elements – 13 – Aluminium
    Podcast

    Aluminium

    2010-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Kira Weissman introduces the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust: aluminium

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2010-05-27T10:51:12Z

    25 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-300
    Opinion

    Dean-Stark apparatus

    2010-05-27T09:53:00Z

    If there is any single substance that unites pretty much all chemists, it has to be water

  • Periodic table of the elements – 95 – Americium
    Podcast

    Americium

    2010-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg discusses a substance that was first introduced to the world via a kids' radio show

  • Periodic table of the elements – 51 – Antimony
    Podcast

    Antimony

    2010-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Phil Ball introduces an element that once sparked a long and bitter war

  • Periodic table of the elements – 18 – Argon
    Podcast

    Argon

    2010-05-12T00:00:00Z

    John Emsley introduces an element with uses that range from double glazing to laser eye surgery

  • Periodic table of the elements – 33 – Arsenic
    Podcast

    Arsenic

    2010-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Bea Perks introduces a deadly poison that also finds use in paints, fireworks and medicine