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Published by Steven Bachrach
Thirty-Two Short Stories of Chemists and Their Chemicals captures the excitement of chemistry through stories of some of its heroes and tales of how specific chemicals have made an impact on all of our lives. Collectively, these stories will reveal how women and men devoted their energies and intellects towards solving important problems that affect us all. Each chapter intertwines history, chemistry, and the lives of chemists. We'll learn about how bread comes for the air, how antibiotics saved millions of lives, and how new drug therapies are reaching into our DNA.
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Science, as a human construct, relies on myths to propagate values to students. A few famous science myths are presented — Newton’s apple, Galileo saying “And yet it moves”, and Franklin’s kite — before delving into the myth of Wöhler’s synthesis of urea. This myth is used to define the origin story for organic chemistry, taking down vitalism. Science myths are another theme discussed in many subsequent episodes.
An introduction to the podcast series.
Joseph Priestley is perhaps the first great experimental chemist. His careful experiments uncovered the essential gases oxygen and carbon dioxide. These are intimately involved in the processes of life: oxygen being the feedstock for animals (including humans), and carbon dioxide being the feedstock of plants. After visiting Priestley’s lab, Benjamin Franklin recognized the interplay of systems, foreshadowing the development of ecology. The episode concludes with the universal notion that an initial idea can have implications and impacts far beyond what the scientist understands at the time — a theme that appears repeatedly throughout the podcast.
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