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Chemistry
The transformation of matter — from the alchemist's furnace to the molecular bond.
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Ancient Atomism & Natural Philosophy
Alchemy
The Chemical Revolution
Industrial & Synthetic Chemistry
Structural Chemistry & Crystallography
Converse with
Jacobus van 't Hoff Simulacrum
Stereochemistry · Osmotic pressure · Chemical kinetics · First Nobel Prize in Chemistry
19th–20th century
Converse with
Wilhelm Ostwald Simulacrum
Physical Chemistry · Catalysis · Ostwald Process · Colour Theory · Nobel 1909
19th–20th century
Converse with
Svante Arrhenius Simulacrum
Ionic theory · Activation energy · Acids and bases · Greenhouse effect prediction
19th–20th century
Converse with
W.H. & W.L. Bragg Simulacrum
X-ray crystallography · Bragg's Law · Crystal structure · Father and son Nobel 1915
19th–20th century
Converse with
Marie Curie Simulacrum
Radioactivity · Polonium · Radium · Two Nobel Prizes · Physics and Chemistry
19th–20th century
Converse with
Irène Joliot-Curie Simulacrum
Transmutation · Artificial Radioactivity · Radiochemical Proof · Nuclear Architecture
1897–1956
Converse with
Robert Robinson Simulacrum
Organic synthesis · Alkaloids · Tropinone synthesis · Electronic theory of organic reactions · Nobel 1947
19th–20th century
Converse with
Linus Pauling Simulacrum
Chemical Bonding · Quantum Chemistry · Molecular Biology
20th century
Converse with
Dorothy Hodgkin Simulacrum
X-Ray Crystallography · Penicillin · Vitamin B12 · Insulin Structure
20th century
Converse with
R.B. Woodward Simulacrum
Organic Synthesis · Total Synthesis · Molecular Architecture
20th century
Converse with
Frederick Sanger Simulacrum
Protein sequencing · DNA sequencing · Two Nobel Prizes · Doing not talking
20th century
Converse with
Rosalind Franklin Simulacrum
X-ray crystallography · DNA structure · Photo 51 · Tobacco mosaic virus
20th century
Converse with
Alfred Werner Simulacrum
Coordination Chemistry · Inorganic Stereochemistry · Valence Theory · Metal Ammines · Optical Activity Without Carbon
1866–1919
Converse with
Victor Grignard Simulacrum
Organomagnesium Compounds · Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation · Preparative Method · Reagent Scope and Selectivity · The Rescue of Discarded Procedures
1871–1935
Converse with
Hermann Staudinger Simulacrum
Macromolecular Chemistry · Polymer Science · Cellulose and Rubber · Polymer-Analogous Transformation · Nobel 1953
1881–1965
Converse with
Peter Debye Simulacrum
Dipole Moments · Dielectrics and Relaxation · X-ray and Electron Diffraction · Molecular Geometry · Debye–Hückel Theory · Nobel 1936
1884–1966
Molecular & Contemporary Chemistry