All Columns articles – Page 54
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Royal Institution's chemical heritage for sale
If the Royal Institution is to have a future, it cannot be separated from its past, says Mark Peplow
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30 years ago: The oldest operational PerkinElmer spectrophotometer in the UK is found
Firm celebrates silver jubilee with competition
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Name reactions: how does the label stick?
Derek Lowe investigates the long running tradition of naming reactions after their inventors
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Too many scientists?
The proliferation of PhDs is unsustainable and damaging, says Paula Stephan.
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The founding myths of chemistry
Chemists should learn from the past, says Philip Ball, but they may need a history lesson first
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Decisive uncertainty
When it comes to scientific advice, we should let the experts speak and improve our understanding of risk, says Síle Lane
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The public: clients of science?
Should scientific advice inform or instruct? Steve Fuller says scientists should stick to the facts and let the public decide
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Fear of the unknown
How do you reconcile the need for personal safety with unfamiliar compounds, asks Derek Lowe
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Automatic for the chemist
How automatic structure elucidation could lead to more creative chemists
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Dickens and the haunted chemist
Christmas carol author explored chemistry in fact and fiction