Directory: Top/Science/Chemistry/History

The Chemical Heritage Foundation
A non-profit foundation dedicated to preserving and making known the history of the chemical sciences.
http://www.chemheritage.org/
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History and Philosophy of Alchemy
"90 megabytes online of information on alchemy in all its facets." Though alchemy is neither chemistry nor a science, it is a historical precursor to scientific chemistry as studied in schools today.
http://www.levity.com/alchemy/home.html
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Radioactivity: Historical Figures
Focuses on four primary figures in the development of the understanding of nuclear structure and radioactivity, namely Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, Antoine Henri Becquerel, Marie Sklodowska Curie, and Ernest Rutherford.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/historical_background.html
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Elemental and Molecular Heritage: An Internet-Based Display
A heavily hyperlinked "virtual museum" showing samples (and explaining the historical value) of chemicals, compounds, or elements which were made in the lab well over 100 years ago.
http://www.unibas.ch/mdpi/molecules/papers/30300094/30300094.htm
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Case Histories of Drug Discovery
Society for Medicines Research symposium, "Case Histories of Drug Discovery," now available online RealAudio webcast.
http://www.prous.com/smr99/
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Lichen Purple
The history and chemistry of orcein, orchil, litmus, parelle and French purple with extensive bibliography.
http://www.chriscooksey.demon.co.uk/lichen/
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Early Ideas in the History of Quantum Chemistry.
Biographies of people involved in the early ideas of quantum chemistry, including interviews with fifteen of these people.
http://www.quantum-chemistry-history.com/
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Nobel Prizes in Chemistry
A listing of Nobel Prize winners in chemistry from 1901 to 1999.
http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/bib/nobel_chemie_e.html
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Biographies of Famous Chemists
Links to biographies of over 200 people who have advanced and refined the field of chemistry. A section of the WWW Virtual Library.
http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/refbiog.html
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Detergent Chemistry: History
A history of synthetic detergents and of the synthetic detergent industry.
http://www.chemistry.co.nz/deterghistory.htm
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