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Perhaps best known for inventing the Othmer still and coediting the ‘Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology,’ Othmer was also an educator, an entrepreneur, and a philanthropist.
A consummate master of synthetic organic chemistry, Woodward applied an uncanny intuitive sense of what was possible in the molecular world, as if he lived there part of the time. His most complex synthesis was of vitamin B12.
These four scientists—Crick, Franklin, Watson, and Wilkins—codiscovered the double-helix structure of DNA, which formed the basis for modern biotechnology.
During the mid- to late 19th century, Pasteur demonstrated that microorganisms cause disease and discovered how to make vaccines from weakened, or attenuated, microbes. He developed the earliest vaccines against fowl cholera, anthrax, and rabies.
A pioneer in blood banking, Drew did extensive original research in blood chemistry.
Brady was a leading science educator and the first African American to receive a doctorate in chemistry in the United States.
An industrial chemist, Chandler was the second African American man to receive a doctorate in chemistry.
Known to many as the Peanut Man, Carver developed new products from underappreciated Southern agricultural crops and taught poor farmers how to improve soil productivity.
This event brings together established and emerging leaders in the technical, entrepreneurial, healthcare, and policy arenas to share innovative ideas that impact our world.
Get to know the instrumentation pioneer who contributed to the intellectual and material developments that defined 20th-century science.
A partnership with the University of Chicago Press that seeks to shed light on the history of chemistry and its diverse roles in society.
This joint award recognizes extraordinary accomplishments in chemistry or chemical engineering in the United States.
The Bolte Award recognizes those who provide products or services vital to the continuing growth and development of the chemical and molecular sciences community.
This award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the petrochemical field.
Learn about the positive role that the chemical and molecular sciences play in our lives at this annual public lecture.
This prize recognizes meritorious efforts in the preservation or promotion of the entwined scientific heritage of France and the United States.
This award recognizes outstanding individuals whose entrepreneurial careers shaped the instrumentation and laboratory supplies community.
The SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal recognizes early-career success in innovation, as reflected both in market impact and improvement to quality of life.
The SCI Perkin Medal is recognized as one of the highest honors given for outstanding work in applied chemistry in the United States.
The Science History Institute was formed by the merger of the Chemical Heritage Foundation and the Life Sciences Foundation.
Named for renowned bibliophile Henry Carrington Bolton, members support activities in our library and are encouraged to donate books.
At the Institute, our staff and visiting fellows conduct original research and present new stories to public and scholarly audiences.
Our world-class historic collections are the heart of our free museum and library.
Access more than 150,000 print volumes, including rare books and manuscripts, archival materials, modern books and journals, and historical photographs.
Learn how scholarly research is conducted and shared by staff and visiting fellows at the Institute.
The Institute’s preeminent award honors individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the material sciences.
The Cold War is long gone, but many nuclear weapons remain. What happens when some weapons can’t be retired?
How Victorians found a foolproof way to make science interesting for their children.
How one man’s youthful rebellion may unlock a cure for cancer.
Science writer Philip Ball digs into myth, history, and science to untangle the roots of our fears of artificial life.