When Manu Prakash was young he had a thing about flames. He's not
encouraging all kids to follow his fiery lead – he did burn one hand
pretty badly – but he thinks kids should explore more when it comes to
learning about science. That's the idea behind his programmable,
toy-like device that won a competition to "reimagine the chemistry set
for the 21st century."
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Showing posts with label Chemists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chemists. Show all posts
Sunday, 13 April 2014
Friday, 12 April 2013
Greatest Chemists of All-Time
The editors at Nature Chemistry conducted a Twitter poll to
answer the age-old question: ”Who is the greatest chemist of all-time?”
Such a conversation falls right in my wheelhouse, and in honour of the
lads at NChem, I am going to write this post in English. (I am qualified to do this, as my mother’s from England.)
The results of the poll are summarized on the NChem blog, Sceptical Chymist. Of the 86 votes cast, the following chemists received three or more:
- Linus Pauling (16)
- Dmitri Mendeleev (11)
- Antoine Lavoisier (7)
- Marie Curie (6)
- R.B. Woodward (4)
- Michael Faraday (4)
- Gilbert Lewis (3)
Credit: http://blog.chembark.com
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Humphry Davy
Humphry Davy named chlorine (Cl, element 17), 1810. Chlorine had been called oxymuriatic acid.
Humphry Davy (1778–1829), son of an impoverished Cornish woodcarver, rose meteorically to become a leader in the reformed chemistry movement initiated by Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier—albeit a critic of some of its basic premises—and a pioneer in the new field of electrochemistry. For more about Humphry Davy Click Here.
Courtesy: http://www.chemheritage.org
Friday, 22 June 2012
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