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Fusion Anomoly: William Crookes
A brief biography of Sir William Crookes, the British chemist and physicist who discovered thallium, invented the radiometer, and studied cathode rays. Includes related links.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: George Washington Carver
This National Inventors Hall of Fame site provides a brief biography of the agricultural chemist, George Washington Carver.
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Umea University: The Analytical Chemistry Springboard
This site provides links to pages with information and techniques on analytical chemistry.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Gilbert Lewis
At this site from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, you can read about the inventor of "Heavy Water," Gilbert Newton Lewis, who is "one of the most influential and admired scientists of the twentieth century."
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania: Robert Hooke
A brief description of his scientific career and accomplishments.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Using Household Chemistry to Create Toothpaste
In this experiment students will create their own toothpaste using natural ingredients. They will learn that chemistry is a huge part of our lives, even down to the toothpaste we use. Students will be able to explore possible...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Edith Kroupa
Austrian research chemist Edith Kroupa, 1934. The original caption dated September 18, 1934, reads: "While revolution upset Vienna, Miss Edith Kroupa, research chemist working with a new method of microchemical analysis in the laboratory...
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Moscow State University: Dmitri Mendeleev Online
Moscow State University offers resource links about Dmitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist. Includes biographies, writings, pictures, periodic laws, and more.
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Science World: Dmitri Mendeleev (1834 1907)
This page from ScienceWorld provides a brief biography of Dmitri Mendeleev, the Russian chemist who helped to develop the periodic table of the elements.
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Thomas Hunt Morgan, Linus Carl Pauling, Marian Irwin Osterhout
left to right: California Institute of Technology geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan and chemist Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994), with botanist Marian Irwin Osterhout (1889-1973). Osterhout was educated at Bryn Mawr College and Radcliffe...
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Dixy Lee Ray (1914 1994), Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912 1999), and Ed Westcott
left to right: Marine biologist Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994), chemist Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912-1999), and Ed Westcott, September 17, 1968. Ray left a professorship at University of Washington to be director of the Pacific Science Center...
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Dixy Lee Ray (1914 1994) and Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912 1999)
left to right: Marine biologist Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994) and chemist Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912-1999), September 17, 1968. Ray left a professorship at University of Washington to be director of the Pacific Science Center in Seattle,...
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Helen Miles Davis (1895 1957) and Francis Ernest Lloyd (1868 1947)
Helen Miles Davis (1895-1957), chemist and wife of Science Service director Watson Davis, is shown (at left) with Canadian botanist and McGill University professor Francis Ernest Lloyd (1868-1947). They are probably standing in front of...
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Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1888 1975) and Rachel Brown (1898 1980)
In 1950, microbiologist Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1888-1975) and chemist Rachel Brown (1898-1980), Division of Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany, developed an effective antifungal agent (nystatin) for...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Mildred Catherine Rebstock (1919 2011)
Parke-Davis chemist Mildred Catherine Rebstock (1919-2011) was the first person to synthesize the antibiotic chloromycetin
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale (1903 1971)
Irish-born chemist Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale (1903-1971) was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1956 for her work in x-ray crystallography; in 1968, she became the first woman elected as President of the British...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Pauline Gracia Beery Mack (1891 1974)
Pauline Gracia Beery Mack (1891-1974), chemist-nutritionist
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Florence Barbara Seibert (1897 1991)
Biochemist Florence Barbara Seibert (1897-1991) developed the skin test for tuberculosis. After graduating from Goucher College, she worked as a chemist during World War I and then went to Yale University, where she earned a Ph.D. and...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Mary Engle Pennington (1872 1952)
Chemist Mary Engle Pennington (1872-1952), an expert on the refrigeration of perishable foods, had just been chosen by the American Chemical Society as the 1940 recipient of the Francis P. Garvan Gold Medal to honor outstanding...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Ava Josephine Mc Amis (1897 1991)
Born in San Antonio, Texas, chemist Ava Josephine McAmis (1897-1991) attended Randolph-Macon Woman's College and then worked as a tutor at the University of Texas while earning her master's degree. That work led to a position at Yale...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Jeanne Helen Osiecki (B. 1926)
A native of Switzerland, organic chemist Jeanne Helen Osiecki (b. 1926) had received her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1960 and began working at Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. in 1961. When this photograph was distributed, Osiecki...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Louise Stanley (1883 1954)
Chemist Louise Stanley (1883-1954) was a professor of home economics and department chair at the University of Missouri, 1907-1923, before moving to Washington, D.C., to become the chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Bureau of...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Margaret Mead (1901 1978)
In this photography taken at the New York Academy of Sciences in June 1968, anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-1978) is talking to journalists. The person in background appears to be chemist Linus Pauling (1901-1994). Mead was then...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: a.n. Goudilina
Russian soil chemist A.N. Goudilina in Washington, D.C., June 13-22, 1927