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.

The latest news in meetings, awards, governance, ACS publishing, and more. Smith arranged for an informal gathering on the history of chemistry at the national meeting that was held a year later in ...

This spring, the American Chemical Society named two new National Historic Chemical Landmarks (NHCLs) as part of their program that tells the stories of, and acts as a record of, the contributions of ...

Originally published in UK under the title: The Fontana history of chemistry. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri ...

I have a vague memory of a Chemistry lecture years ago about some ancient empire builder (Alexander the Great?) who coordinated his armies with the help of some chemistry. Basically, there was some ...