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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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Laboratory glassware (beakers)
Know Your Chemistry Quiz
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Chemical equations Chemical reactions chemistry
How Do You Balance a Chemical Equation?
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Why Is a Group of Molecules Called a Mole?
Above the clouds 130 nautical miles below, astronaut Mark C. Lee floats freely without tethers as he tests the new Simplified Aid for Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Spacewalk Rescue (SAFER) system, Sept. 16, 1994. Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-64
Gravity: From Apples to the Universe
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Saint Lucia Day. Young girl wears Lucia crown (tinsel halo) with candles. Holds Saint Lucia Day currant laced saffron buns (lussekatter or Lucia's cats). Observed December 13 honor virgin martyr Santa Lucia (St. Lucy). Luciadagen, Christmas, Sweden
7 Winter Solstice Celebrations From Around the World
The Prado Museum facade at the Diego Velaszquez memorial. Established in 1819, the museum is considered the best collection of Spanish art and one of the world's finest collections of European art. Madrid, Spain
20 Paintings You Have to Visit at the Museo del Prado in Madrid
Nativity Scene, Adoration of the Magi, Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Montenegro
Why Is Christmas in December?
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The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time
Four year old boy with grandfather and father lighting Hanukkah menorah. Photo taken on: December 21st, 2009
Which Is Correct: Hanukkah or Chanukah?
Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and autodidact.
6 Interesting Facts about Srinivasa Ramanujan
The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. (Civil War, Pennsylvania)
9 Worst Generals in History

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Also Known As Stephanie Louise Kwolek
Born July 31, 1923 • New Kensington • Pennsylvania
Died June 18, 2014 (aged 90) • Wilmington • Delaware
Subjects Of Study Kevlar • Nomex • aramid • polymer
Stoddart, J. Fraser
J. Fraser Stoddart
British-American chemist
Herman Francis Mark
American chemist
Carl Shipp Marvel
American chemist
Ziegler
Karl Ziegler
German chemist
Hermann Staudinger.
Hermann Staudinger
German chemist
Giulio Natta.
Giulio Natta
Italian chemist
Stanley Miller
American biochemist
Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling
American scientist
George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver
American agricultural chemist
Jack Parsons
Jack Parsons
American rocket scientist and chemist
Gilbert N. Lewis
American chemist
Langmuir, Irving
Irving Langmuir
American chemist
Harold C. Urey
American chemist
Glenn T. Seaborg
Glenn T. Seaborg
American chemist
R.B. Woodward, 1966.
Robert Burns Woodward
American chemist
Paul J. Flory
American chemist
Willard Frank Libby
American chemist
Calvin, Melvin
Melvin Calvin
American biochemist
Elias James Corey
American chemist
Thomas Midgley, Jr.
Thomas Midgley, Jr.
American chemical engineer

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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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Laboratory glassware (beakers)
Know Your Chemistry Quiz