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Who Discovered Aluminium - and why is that such a difficult question?

Sarah Hijmans

Nov 2, 2020
6 min

Who Discovered Aluminium - and why is that such a difficult question?

Starting from the history of aluminium, this piece reflects on the nature of scientific discovery.

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Electrolysis and Education: Learning Models not Facts

Katy Duncan

Oct 19, 2020
8 min

Electrolysis and Education: Learning Models not Facts

In this piece, Katy Duncan explores the seemingly contradictory ways we teach the electrolysis of water to teenagers.

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Vanessa Seifert

Oct 6, 2020
5 min

Strong Emergence in Chemistry

The debate about chemistry’s relation to quantum physics has been a persisting one. Is chemistry reduced to quantum physics or is there s...

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Andrés Manuel del Rio and the Two Discoveries of Vanadium

Sarah Hijmans

Sep 21, 2020
6 min

Andrés Manuel del Rio and the Two Discoveries of Vanadium

How come an element was forgotten for 30 years? This article tells the exciting story of the discovery, loss and rediscovery of vanadium.

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Josiah Parsons Cooke (1827-1894): the forgotten American precursor to the periodic table

Chris Campbell

Aug 28, 2020
4 min

Josiah Parsons Cooke (1827-1894): the forgotten American precursor to the periodic table

Following the 150th anniversary of the periodic table, Chris Campbell highlights the forgotten work of Josiah Parsons Cooke (1827-1894).

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What’s the point of looking into values in chemistry?

Karoliina Pulkkinen

Jul 20, 2020
4 min

What’s the point of looking into values in chemistry?

In his 1991 book Inference to the Best Explanation, Peter Lipton argued that identification of the best explanation out of a pool of comp...

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The Short History of (the Element) Jargonium

Sarah Hijmans

Jul 1, 2020
4 min

The Short History of (the Element) Jargonium

From 1869 to 1870, a new element was the object of a heated priority debate. Who deserved to be called the discoverer of jargonium?

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Philosophy of chemistry- is that a thing???!!

Vanessa Seifert

Jun 2, 2020
5 min

Philosophy of chemistry- is that a thing???!!

Philosophy of chemistry – that is a thing! Whether one thinks of it as a separate field of philosophy or as a sub-discipline within the m...

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