Chemistry

Substances and how they change.

People in Chemistry

9 profiles

Scientist

Marie Curie

Discovering polonium and radium.

Chemist

Rosalind Franklin

Producing crucial X-ray evidence for DNA’s structure.

Chemist

Linus Pauling

Explaining chemical bonds and winning separate Nobel Prizes for chemistry and peace.

Chemist

Otto Hahn

Finding chemical evidence that uranium nuclei can split.

Chemist

Percy Julian

Synthesising medicinal compounds and developing industrial chemistry from soybeans.

Chemist

Glenn T. Seaborg

Helping discover transuranium elements and reorganising the periodic table’s actinide series.

Scientist

Irène Joliot-Curie

Discovering artificial radioactivity with Frédéric Joliot-Curie.

Scientist

Michael Faraday

Discovering electromagnetic induction, the basis of electric generators.

Microbiologist

Louis Pasteur

Explaining microbial fermentation, developing pasteurisation and advancing vaccination.