Apr

3

Linus Pauling: It’s in the Blood!

April 3, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Again, from Oregon State University Libraries, another notable site dedicated to the work of Linus Pauling: It’s in the Blood! A Documentary History of Linus Pauling, Hemoglobin, and Sickle Cell Anemia. From the homepage: ‘Linus Pauling began his professional life studying atoms, and ended it best known for his thoughts on medicine. Linking these two […]

Dec

29

Linus Pauling and the Nature of the Chemical Bond: A Documentary History

December 29, 2004 | Leave a Comment

From Oregon State University, we have this magnificent site about one of the most important discoveries in modern science. Launched at December 10, to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Linus Pauling’s receipt of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, this site contains about 800 documents, some of them unique, like the manuscript of Pauling’s first […]

Dec

6

Chemistry in the 18th Century

December 6, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Some interesting notes from ScienceWeek - History of Chemistry: On Chemistry in the 18th Century.

Nov

30

Linus Pauling Research Notebooks

November 30, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Sometimes it is not easy to persuade the students to use laboratory notebooks to take their notes. May be with an example like this, things start to change…

Nov

28

Citation Classics Commentaries

November 28, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Between 1977 and 1993, Eugene Garfield has chosen, each week, one of the most cited articles, an article that has become a classic in its field, and asked a commentary to the author. The idea was to uncover the human side of scientific papers. Authors were invited to write about interesting aspects of their work, […]

Nov

15

Sci-Philately

November 15, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Not only for philatelists, A Selective History of Science on Stamps, a remarkable idea.

Nov

13

Elements of Life

November 13, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Integrated in an effort going under way to show the positive side of Chemistry, Cefic presents this campaign: Chemistry - Elements of Life. In this site, common applications of some chemical elements (hydrogen, fluorine, silicon, aluminium, titanium and nitrogen) are provided as announcements. As a complement, visitors have the opportunity to see some milestones of […]

Nov

9

The History of Chemical Engineering

November 9, 2004 | Leave a Comment

The History of Chemical Engineering, according to Wayne Pafko. This site has a simple layout and it is very well organized. The author accepts contributions, in order to complement the information that is already online. It is possible to download a version of the site in pdf format. This History of Chemical Engineering is a […]