Learning About Chemistry

An exploration of the scientists, their discoveries and their application through history

Meet pioneers of chemistry

Famous scientists in the world of chemistry

Eastman: The Inventor

The Story of George Eastman, pioneer of popular photography

Flamel: Alchemist

Before modern science, alchemy was once regarded as a serious scientific pursuit

Curie: Radioactive Pioneer

Marie Curie was a pioneer who devoted her life to science and went on to become a two-time Nobel Prize winner

Lockyer: Helium

An amateur astronomer who discovered the first and only element to be identified outside Earth

Chatterjee: Pioneer PhD

The first woman scientist to be awarded a Doctor of Science from an Indian University.

Elemental experiments

Stories of discoveries and real world applications in chemistry

A New Glass for a New Era: Borosilicate

See how it took innovations in modern chemistry to make a new glass for a new era possible

Identifying Minerals

Naturally occurring solid substance with a reasonably fixed chemical composition and crystal structures

A Beautiful Blue Sky

Discover the story of how color photography developed after a long and technically challenging journey

Chemistry in action

Watch chemistry at work

Anne Atkins: Botanist and Photographer

The world's first photobook - but it's not what you think (4 mins)

The Discovery of Penicillin

...and how it was developed as an antibiotic (11 mins)

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A journey of invention and discovery with CERN, NASA, and more than 100 museums around the world

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