All History articles – Page 42

  • A mess of curly black arrows on a white background
    Feature

    The iconic curly arrow

    2010-03-31T09:53:00Z

    Robert Robinson pioneered the use of curly arrows to show electron movement. David O'Hagan and Douglas Lloyd report on this eminent historical figure

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2010-03-31T09:21:41Z

    40 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-200
    Opinion

    Pasteur pipette

    2010-03-31T08:05:00Z

    Courage is not a trait that one always associates with scientists

  • Periodic table of the elements – 83 – Bismuth
    Podcast

    Bismuth

    2010-03-31T00:00:00Z

    The story of a heavy metal that could make spoons vanish in a hot cup of Victorian tea

  • Periodic table of the elements – 107 – Bohrium
    Podcast

    Bohrium

    2010-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Eric Scerri tells the story of a transuranium element first synthesised by cold fusion in 1981

  • Periodic table of the elements – 5 – Boron
    Podcast

    Boron

    2010-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Pat Bailey introduces an element known for split personalities, parachute molecules, and swapping partners

  • Periodic table of the elements – 35 – Bromine
    Podcast

    Bromine

    2010-03-10T00:00:00Z

    An element that has given us drugs, insecticides and fire extinguishers

  • Periodic table of the elements – 48 – Cadmium
    Podcast

    Cadmium

    2010-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Steve Mylon with a painful lesson about a heavy metal

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2010-02-26T12:13:06Z

    45 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-200
    Opinion

    Vernier scale

    2010-02-26T10:39:00Z

    Sooner or later, it is the fate of every scholar to be accused of pedantry

  • Periodic table of the elements 55 Caesium
    Podcast

    Caesium

    2010-02-24T00:00:00Z

     Peter Wothers shares the story of his favourite element: caesium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 20 – Calcium
    Podcast

    Calcium

    2010-02-17T00:00:00Z

    The element that gives us cement, plaster of Paris, hard teeth and hard water

  • Periodic table of the elements – 98 – Californium
    Podcast

    Californium

    2010-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg tells the story of element 98: californium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 6 – Carbon
    Podcast

    Carbon

    2010-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Katherine Holt introduces an element with an entire branch of chemistry devoted to its reactions

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2010-01-28T15:07:05Z

    30 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-200
    Opinion

    Petri dish

    2010-01-28T13:34:00Z

    When I was about 16, I came across a peculiar novel in my father's study

  • Periodic table of the elements – 58 – Cerium
    Podcast

    Cerium

    2010-01-27T00:00:00Z

    Andrea Sella tells the story of an element that sparks up lighters, vanishes burns, and helps to clean up the fumes from cars and trucks

  • Periodic table of the elements – 17 – Chlorine
    Podcast

    Chlorine

    2010-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Tim Harrison brings us the story of a 'Jekyll and Hyde' element

  • Periodic table of the elements – 24 – Chromium
    Podcast

    Chromium

    2010-01-13T00:00:00Z

    The colourful history of chromium

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2010-01-06T12:31:05Z

    10 years ago in Chemistry in Britain