The acceptance of molecules as 3D structures led to major advances in chemistry, with quantum mechanics providing the theoretical framework. Early successes, like modeling the neutral H2 molecule, ...

On August 25, John T. Stock, an emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, was presented with the Dexter Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Chemistry.

WASHINGTON, June 6, 2023 — The Science History Institute preserves and interprets the history of chemistry, engineering and the life sciences. During a June 10 ceremony in Philadelphia, the American ...

Introduction -- Birth of the laboratory, Wolfgang von Hohenlohe and Weikersheim, 1590s -- Form and function, Antoine Lavoisier and Paris, 1780s -- Laboratory versus lecture hall, Michael Faraday and ...

The Science History Institute preserves and interprets the history of chemistry, engineering, and the life sciences. During a ceremony in Philadelphia on June 10, the American Chemical Society ...

First steps: from alchemy to chemistry? -- Robert Boyle: chemistry and experiment -- A German story: what burns, and how -- An enlightened discipline: chemistry as science and craft -- Different kinds ...

Curator Mark Chalmers reads a book in the Oesper Museum's reproduction 1900s chemistry laboratory at the University of Cincinnati. Like other sciences, chemistry can seem a little cold and detached.