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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
Converse with
Democritus of Abdera Simulacrum
Atomic theory · Void · Materialism · The origin of chemistry in philosophy
5th century BCE
Converse with
Epicurus Simulacrum
Atomism · The Swerve · Void · Material Philosophy
4th century BC
Converse with
Pierre Gassendi Simulacrum
Atomism · Empiricism · Revival of Epicurus · Early Chemistry
17th century
Alchemy
Converse with
Mary the Jewess Simulacrum
Practical Alchemy · Apparatus · The First Alchemist
1st–3rd century
Converse with
Jabir ibn Hayyan Simulacrum
Experimental Method · Acids · Islamic Alchemy
8th century
Converse with
Paracelsus Simulacrum
Iatrochemistry · Hermetic Philosophy · Poison & Cure
16th century
Converse with
Isaac Newton Simulacrum
Alchemy · The Philosopher's Stone · Hidden Theology
17th century
The Chemical Revolution
Converse with
Robert Boyle Simulacrum
The Sceptical Chymist · Boyle’s Law · Corpuscular Theory · Chemistry vs Alchemy · Invisible College
17th century
Converse with
Henry Cavendish Simulacrum
Hydrogen · Density of the Earth · Electrical theory · Solitary genius
18th–19th century
Converse with
Joseph Priestley Simulacrum
Oxygen · Pneumatic Chemistry · Electricity · Unitarianism · Political Radicalism · Phlogiston
18th century
Converse with
Carl Wilhelm Scheele Simulacrum
Oxygen · Chlorine · Manganese · Tartaric acid · The chemist who discovered and was never credited
18th century
Converse with
Antoine Lavoisier Simulacrum
Combustion · Conservation of Mass · Modern Chemistry
18th century
Converse with
John Dalton Simulacrum
Atomic Theory · Elements · Combining Proportions
19th century
Converse with
Humphry Davy Simulacrum
Electrochemistry · Sodium · Potassium · Calcium · Chlorine · The Davy lamp
18th–19th century
Converse with
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac Simulacrum
Gas Laws · Law of Combining Volumes · Boron · Balloon Ascents · Physical Chemistry
18th–19th century
Converse with
Jöns Jacob Berzelius Simulacrum
Chemical notation · Atomic weights · Silicon · Catalysis · Organic chemistry
18th–19th century
Converse with
Michael Faraday Simulacrum
Electrochemistry · Faraday's laws · Electromagnetic induction · The chemist who became a physicist
19th century
Converse with
Dmitri Mendeleev Simulacrum
Periodic Table · Elemental Order · Prediction
19th century
Industrial & Synthetic Chemistry
Converse with
Nicolas Leblanc Simulacrum
Leblanc process · Industrial soda · First industrial chemistry · The cost of invention
18th–19th century
Converse with
Justus von Liebig Simulacrum
Organic chemistry methodology · Agricultural chemistry · Laboratory training · The chemical laboratory as institution
19th century
Converse with
August Kekulé Simulacrum
Benzene ring · Structural organic chemistry · Molecular architecture
19th century
Converse with
William Henry Perkin Simulacrum
Mauveine · First synthetic dye · Coal tar chemistry · Accidental discovery at 18
19th–20th century
Converse with
Emil Fischer Simulacrum
Sugar chemistry · Lock and key model · Purines · Amino acids · Nobel 1902
19th–20th century
Converse with
Walther Nernst Simulacrum
Nernst equation · Third Law of Thermodynamics · Physical chemistry · Nobel 1920
19th–20th century
Converse with
Fritz Haber Simulacrum
Nitrogen Fixation · Haber-Bosch · Chemical Weapons
20th century
Converse with
Carl Bosch Simulacrum
Industrial Chemistry · High Pressure · Scale-Up · Haber-Bosch Plant
20th century
Converse with
Wallace Carothers Simulacrum
Synthetic Polymers · Nylon · Neoprene · Polymer Architecture
20th century
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
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
Molecular & Contemporary Chemistry
Converse with
Harry Kroto Simulacrum
Buckminsterfullerene · C60 · Carbon chemistry · Nobel 1996
20th century
Converse with
Feringan Molecular Motor Simulacrum
Molecular machines · Rotary motor · Nobel 2016 · Nanotechnology as chemistry
20th–21st century
Converse with
Arnoldian Directed Evolution Simulacrum
Directed evolution · Nobel 2018 · Enzymes by evolution · Green chemistry
20th–21st century
Converse with
Doudnan Gene Editing Simulacrum
CRISPR-Cas9 · Gene editing · Nobel 2020 · The chemistry of the genome
20th–21st century