Scientific Biographies
Science is a human pursuit. Meet the people behind some of the most significant achievements and discoveries in the history of chemistry, chemical engineering, and the life sciences.
Elisabeth Bakker *
A biography of the fictional Elisabeth Bakker highlights the experiences of middle-class women in the history of early chemistry.
Eugene Houdry
1892 - 1962
Frédéric Joliot
1900 - 1958
Irène Joliot-Curie
1897 - 1956
Percy Lavon Julian
1899 - 1975
August Kekulé
1829 - 1896
Gustav Kirchhoff
1824 - 1887
Harold W. Kroto
1939 - 2016
Stephanie L. Kwolek
1923 - 2014
Henri-Marie Laborit
1914 - 1995
Ralph Landau
1916 - 2004
Robert S. Langer
b. 1948
Irving Langmuir
1881 - 1957
Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
1743 - 1794
Gilbert Newton Lewis
1875 - 1946
Warren K. Lewis
1882 - 1975
Justus von Liebig
1803 - 1873
Carl von Linde
1842 - 1934
Arthur Little
1863 - 1935
Alan MacDiarmid
1927 - 2007
John Macleod
1876 - 1935
Jane Marcet
1769 - 1858
Russell Earl Marker
1902 - 1995
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
b. 1953
Lise Meitner
1878 - 1968
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev
1834 - 1907
Maud Leonora Menten
1879 - 1960
Julius Lothar Meyer
1830 - 1895
Leonor Michaelis
1875 - 1949
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