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An image from John Dalton's A New System of Chemical Philosophy, the first modern explanation of atomic theory.. This timeline of chemistry lists important works, discoveries, ideas, inventions, and experiments that significantly changed humanity's understanding of the modern science known as chemistry, defined as the scientific study of the composition of matter and of its interactions.
A 100,000-year-old ochre-processing workshop was found at Blombos Cave in South Africa. It indicates that early humans had an elementary knowledge of mineral processing. Paintings drawn by early humans consisting of early humans mixing animal blood with other liquids found on cave walls also indicate a small knowledge of chemistry. [3] [4]
1661: Modern chemistry founded by Robert Boyle with the publication of The Sceptical Chymist. [6] 1662: Boyle's law discovered by Robert Boyle. [7] 1680s: European adaptation of Drinking chocolate - Hans Sloane. [8] However, this "adaption" is highly disputed.
1994: Andrew Wiles proves Fermat's Last Theorem; 1995: Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz definitively observe the first extrasolar planet around a main sequence star; 1995: Eric Cornell, Carl Wieman and Wolfgang Ketterle attained the first Bose-Einstein Condensate with atomic gases, so called fifth state of matter at an extremely low temperature.
Pais, Abraham ; Inward Bound – Of Matter & Forces in the Physical World, Oxford University Press (1986) ISBN 0-19-851997-4 Written by a former Einstein assistant at Princeton, this is a beautiful detailed history of modern fundamental physics, from 1895 (discovery of X-rays) to 1983 (discovery of vectors bosons at C.E.R.N.)
1826 – Karl von Baer showed that the eggs of mammals are in the ovaries, ending a 200-year search for the mammalian egg. 1828 – Friedrich Woehler synthesized urea; first synthesis of an organic compound from inorganic starting materials. 1836 – Theodor Schwann discovered pepsin in extracts from the stomach lining; first isolation of an ...
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Lavoisier clearly ties his ideas in with those of Condillac, seeking to reform the field of chemistry. His goal in Traité was to associate the field with direct experience and observation, rather than assumption. His work defined a new foundation for the basis of chemical ideas and set a direction for the future course of chemistry. [18]