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CHAPTER 1:
FOUNDATIONS OF
CHEMISTRY
Foundations of Chemistry
Chapter 1, p. 1
Objectives
• Justify why a Christian should value
chemistry
• Describe how a scientist’s worldview
affects his work
• Evaluate the statement, “Scientific
models reveal what is true about the
world.”
• Create a timeline for the history of
chemistry based on the information in
this section
Biblical Application
Romans 11:36
“For of Him and through
Him and to Him are all
things, to whom be glory
forever. Amen”
War on Malaria
• Harmless mosquito bite
• Host for Plasmodium
–Causes malaria
• Female Anopheles mosquito bite
–Coma
–Death
War on Malaria
• Thrives in tropical and subtropical
regions
• Threatens half the world
• 2017…
–219 million people were infected
• Killing over 435,000
• Mostly children
War on Malaria
• Sub-Saharan Africa—most
aggressive form of malaria
–b/c weather conditions
–Bad sanitation practices
–Few resources to fight
War on Malaria
• Relies on chemistry to fight
against malaria
• 2015…
–First vaccine
–Success rate low
• Major milestone in eliminating
malaria
CHEMISTRY:
MODELING
MATTER
SECTION 1.1
Chemistry and Worldview
• World filled problems
–Need answers
• Contaminated drinking water (#1)
• Pollution
• Increase crop production
Why Chemistry?
• Enrich lives
–Medication
–Safer
automobiles
–Better food
packaging
–Etc
Applied Science
• Chemistry
–Solve real-world problems
–Applied science
Specific Application…
meat-packing
U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant Shanice Spearman
at Aerospace Fuels Laboratory NCO prepares fuel
samples for flashpoint testing.
Learn new things about universe
Astronomer searching new asteroids
Pure Science
• To understand how and why
things work the way they do
• Both applied and pure science
–Not separate from each other
Applied and Pure Science
• Scientists must first…
–Discover how and why of
something
–Then apply knowledge to solve
problem
What is Chemistry?
Study of
matter and
the changes it
undergoes
Matter
• Anything that takes up space and
has mass
• Sitting on, using, wearing, eating
chemicals all the time
Worldview
• Bible gives
distinct
worldview
• Perspective
from which one
sees and
interprets all of
life
Your worldview
is made up of
what you
believe about
the most
important things
in life.
Chemistry as Modeling
• Relies on observation of world
• Limited ability
• Simplify problem using finer
details
Chemistry as Modeling
• Model…
–Simplifies…
• Explain
• Describe
• Represent it
• Must be workable
Richard
Feynman
• Great American
physicists in 20th
century
• Worked on
atomic bomb
• Investigated the
Space Shuttle
Challenger
accident
Richard Feynman
• Said, “What I cannot create, I do not
understand”
–“Is possible to live and not know”
• Only God’s Word can tell us what is
true
Models
• Atomic model
• Manhattan Project…
–Secret program
–Atomic bomb
Scientific Model
A simplification to explain,
describe, or characterize a
phenomenon in nature
Manhattan Project led
to the development
of nuclear weapons
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CHEMISTRY IN
HISTORY
CHEMISTRY IN HISTORY
Ancient Chemistry
The Philosophers
The Alchemists
Classical Chemistry
Modern Chemistry
Ancient Chemistry
• Five generations after Cain
–Working with metals
• Joseph’s Egypt culture used…
–Apothecaries—early
pharmacists
• “science” of chemistry
involved trial and error
The Philosophers
• Ancient Greeks
–Applied reasoning to think
about matter
• Never made to laboratory
• Idea matter was made of atoms
rose from Greeks culture
The Alchemists
• Emphasis on experimentation
–Surge of discoveries
• Alchemy—
–Most important contribution
made to modern chemistry
• Experimental approach
The Alchemists
• Searched for immortality
through…
–Medicines
–change
The Alchemists
• Known try turn common
metals to gold
Biblical Application
Genesis 2:11-12
A land “where there is gold;
And the gold of that land is
good” (Genesis 2:11-12)
Alchemists: Revolutionized
Science
Tycho Brahe
Isaac Newton
Robert Boyle
Francis Bacon
• Wednesday Aug 25
• Ck hw
–1.2 terms
Jabir ibn
Hayyan
• Persian
alchemist
• Contributed
much to
laboratory
practices
Classical Chemistry
• 1600s – gained acceptance
–Elements redefined
–Chemist isolated in
laboratory
Classical Chemistry
• In America
–Benjamin Rush
• First professor of chemistry in
United States
• Provided medication
–Lewis and Clark
Benjamin
Rush
1800s—
Chemistry
first taught
as academic
subject
Classical Chemistry
• Branches of chemistry developed
around the world as
–Chemist used atomic models to
interpret results of experiments
The Rise of Modern Chemistry
Chemistry in History
• Developed out of
• Practicality
–Clothes
–Food
–Tools
–Medicines
Modern Chemistry
• Use different models to interpret
–Nature of matter and changes
that it undergoes
Review
What are physical, descriptive, or
mathematical representations
that characterize a system or
explain a phenomenon…
Scientific models
Review
Led to the development to nuclear
weapons…
Manhattan Project
Review
Which scientist investigated Space
Shuttle Challenger?
Richard Feynman
Review
This is how we see and interpret
all of life…
Worldview
Review
God’s first command to mankind
and reveals why God made
humans is known as the…
Creation Mandate
Review
Threatens ½ world population…
Malaria
Review
Early pharmacists…
Apothecaries
Review
Who were the first people to
introduce a reasoned approach to
chemistry?
Greeks
Review
When was chemistry first taught
as an academic subject?
1800s
Homework
Read pp. 6-9.
Terms 1.2, p. 17
Biblical Worldview of
Chemistry
p. 6
Objectives 1B
• Summarize a biblical worldview in one
sentence
• Justify the practice of chemistry from a
biblical worldview
• Compare the worldviews of naturalists and
Christians
A Biblical Worldview
• Eradicate malaria but not death
• Chemistry solve great problems…
–Not biggest in life
• Only Creator can
Three Events—
Framework for all of life
Creation
Fall
Redemption
Creation
• Proper worldview…
–Genesis 1
• Man-greatest masterpiece
• In His image
Fall
• Adam and Eve chose
disobedience….
–Broken condition
–Discomfort, Despair
–Disease, Death
• Affects world outside and inside
us
Redemption
• Thoughts and actions
–Governed by God’s Word
• Chemistry
–Limited to explanation of
observations
Redemption
• Christians should
–Defend it claim God is who
reveals His interpretations of
world through His Word
Creation Mandate
• God’s first
• Commandment
–Gen. 1:26, 28
• Dominion over His creation (Gen.
1:26-28)
Creation Mandate
• Study earth
• Discover best way to use
knowledge to…
• help others
–create products
–solve problems
Exercising Wise Dominion
• Weighing consequences of action
• People are valuable…
–Made in God’s image
Exercising Wise Dominion
• For example…
–World War II used DDT..
• Insecticide control malaria and
typhus
• Affects on environment
God’s Commandments
• How does God’s image in us
affect what we do and how we
act?
God’s Commandments
• First commandment…
• “Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God”
• Second commandment…
• “Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself”
Loving Thy Neighbor in
Chemistry
• Increase crop production =
reduce starvation
• Purify drinking water = reduce
disease
• etc
MODELING AND A
BIBLICAL
WORLDVIEW
Presuppositions
Ideas a person
assumes to be
true without
proof
Are specific
beliefs within
our worldview
Naturalists
• Worldview that assumes that
matter is all that exists, and that
human reason informed by
science is the only
reliable path to truth
Naturalism
• Carl Sagan
–“The Cosmos is all that is or
ever was or ever will be.”
• Naturalists have faith in
themselves!
• Study chemistry from biblical
worldview
–Have perspective to expose
error in science
–Fight against dominant secular
worldview
Most
Widespread
Problem
Contaminated
drinking water
Review
Led to the development to nuclear
weapons…
Manhattan Project
Review
A simplification to explain,
describe, or characterize a
phenomenon in nature…
Scientific models
Review
This is how we see and interpret
all of life…
Worldview
Review
God’s first command to mankind
and reveals why God made
humans is known as the…
Creation Mandate
Review
Who said, “What I cannot create, I
cannot understand”
Richard Feynman
REVIEW
World War II insecticide to control
diseases like malaria…
DDT
REVIEW
Most widespread problem..
Contaminated drinking water
REVIEW
The three basic concepts that
encapsulate a biblical worldview…
Creation
Fall
Redemption
REVIEW
The worldview that assumes that
matter is all that exist, and that
human reason informed by science
is the only reliable path to truth is
called…
Naturalistic worldview
REVIEW
Persian alchemist who contributed
much to laboratory practices
Jabir ibn Hayyan
REVIEW
First professor of chemistry in the
United States
Benjamin Rush
REVIEW
European alchemist whose
discoveries revolutionized science
Robert Boyle
Quiz 1
1. Early pharmacists were called…
A. Metallurgies
B. Alchemists
C. Herbalists
D. Apothecaries
Quiz 1
2. When a scientist explores nature
simply to learn more about the
world in which we live, he or she is
performing ___science.
A. Experimental
B. Pure
C. Applies
D. Observational
Quiz 1
3. An idea assumed to be true
without proof is called a(n)…
A. Presupposition
B. Worldview
C. Faith
D. Theory
Quiz 1
4. Who were the first people to
introduce a reasoned approach to
chemistry?
A. Sumerians
B. Greeks
C. Phoenicians
D. Sumerians
Quiz 1
5. Chemistry is the study of ___and
the changes that it undergoes.
A. The universe
B. Atoms
C. Matter
D. Molecules
Quiz 1
6. Name the three basic concepts
that encapsulate a biblical
worldview.
Quiz 1
7. The first professor of chemistry
in the United States…
A. Robert Boyle
B. Benjamin Rush
C. Richard Feynman
D. Jabir ibn Hayyan
Quiz 1
8. Nobel Prize-winning physicist
who said, “What I cannot create, I
cannot understand”
A. Robert Boyle
B. Benjamin Rush
C. Richard Feynman
D. Jabir ibn Hayyan
Quiz 1
True or False
9. Everything in the material
universe is composed of
chemicals.
Quiz 1
True or False
10. The goal of science is to
establish truth.
Quiz 1
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
D. Apothecaries
8. C
B. Pure
9. True
A. Presupposition 10. False
B. Greeks
C. Matter
Creation, Fall, Redemption
7. B. Rush
Classwork: Chemistry WB, pp. 1-4 and
Applied/Pure Science handout
Chemistry in Action (Doing
Chemistry)
p. 10
Objectives
• Label examples of reasoning as inductive
or deductive reasoning
• Correctly use scientific terms related to
experimentation
Observation and Reasoning
• Malaria…
–Shaped human culture (esp.
wars)
–Empire outcomes (decline or
rise)
Observation and Reasoning
• People who had malaria…
–Chinese emperors
–Egyptian pharaohs
–Citizens of Roman Empire
–George Washington
Malaria
Patient
Observations
• 1800s…
–Answering scientific questions
with observations
• Senses
• Scientific tools to help…
–Microscopes, telescopes, mini
video cameras, etc.
Types of Data
• Quantitative data…
–Numbers through measuring
• Qualitative data…
–Describes something
• After obtaining data…
–Scientist use models and
reasoning to connect data
Types of Reasoning
• Deductive…
–General to specific
conclusion
–Proves conclusion to be
true if evidence is true
Example—Deductive
• All dolphins are mammals, all
mammals have kidneys;
therefore, all dolphins have
kidneys
• General to specific conclusion
Types of Reasoning
• Inductive…
–Specific to general conclusion
–Conclusion likely
–Cannot prove
–Conclusion true based on
evidence under consideration
Inductive
Sir Ronald Ross
• Grew up in India
• Malaria widespread
• Grandfather contracted
• Late 1800s connected
malaria to mosquitoes
• Deliberately exposing
uninfected mosquitoes to
malaria patient
• Found parasite in
mosquito intestine
DEDUCTIVE OR INDUCTIVE
DEDUCTIVE
The Scientific Process
• Two types
–Survey
–Experimental
Scientific Inquiry
• Ask a question
• Make a hypothesis (educated
guess)
• Experiment
• Organize and analyze data
• Evaluate the hypothesis
Scientific Inquiry
• Begins with observation
• Question
• Research
–Determine what is known about
problem
• Hypothesis
Testing Hypothesis
• Operational science
–Testing effectiveness of vaccine
• Historical science
–Origins of matter
• Happened in past
• Cannot be repeated
Experiment—Key Part
• Repeatable procedure involves...
–Observing a natural process
–Controlled conditions
• Purpose…
–Analysis whether hypothesis
• Right or wrong
Controlled Experiment
• Only one condition changes at a
time
–Scientist can isolate effect on
experiment’s outcome
Experiment
• Data or conclusions that result
from careful experimentation
–Empirical (verifiable)
Variables
• Different factors that change
–Variables
• Independent variable…
–Changes one factor
• Placebo/actual treatment
Variables
• Independent variables can cause
– Dependent variable
• Changes scientists did not directly
cause
– Expected to change when the
independent variable is manipulated
Variables
• Experimental variables…
–Exposed to independent
variable
–Patients
• Control group…
–NOT exposed to the variable
Variables
• What scientist observes or
determines using data from
experiment
–Empirical data
Variables
• Key element to valid results
–Repetition
• Each trial provides more data
Natural Experiments
• Scientists cannot control
conditions
• Determine what variables
interacting
–Ecology
–Meteorology
–Astronomy
Surveys
• Process randomly selecting
samples
• Can work together with
experiments
Surveys
• 1993…
–Missouri and Mississippi river
basins flooded
–$15 billion damages (50 deaths)
–Contaminated water supplies
Surveys cont
• Survey—water quality
conducted in 9 states
–Collected samples…
• Contaminated bacteria and
fertilizer
–Analyzed
Surveys cont
• Conclusion…
–Survey protect thousands of
people from illness
Using the Results
• Peer review
–Accepted—publish
–Not accepted—back to project
Using the Results
• Theories…
–Offer explanations
–Scientific models
–Use only to make predictions
–Proves reliability
USING THE RESULTS
Using the Results
• After experiment or survey
–Scientist formulated results
• Work examined in peer review
• If accepted
–Publish results
Law
• Describes recognizable,
repeating pattern in nature
• Based on observations
• Very reliable
• No contradictions
–Newton’s laws of motion
Thinking like a scientist
Case Study 1: Malaria Vaccine
• Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
–Donated 115 million
–Develop malaria vaccine
• Mosquirix® (RTS,S)
Malaria
• Does not prevent malaria entirely
• Reduce severe malaria in
children
• Those contracted malaria after
vaccine
–Less symptoms
Mosquirix
• Researchers trying to improve its
effectiveness
Nanoscience
• Science on scale one billionth of
meter
• Carbon atoms linked to form
many substances
–Graphite
–Coal
–Diamond
Nanoscience
• Can form Buckminster-fullerene
molecule
• 1991
–Sumio Iijima discovered
nanotubes
Nanotubes
• Form by linking carbon atoms or
other atoms
–Make tubes only a few
nanometer in diameter
• One fifty-thousandths of
human hair
Sumio Iijma
transform
carbon technology
medicine
clothing
nanomaterials:
carbon, layered
materials and
clay minerals
Quinine in Time
• Severe case malaria
• Quinine matter life and death
• Quechua people of Peru
–First to use quinine—first
treatment
• Derived from bark
–Cinchona trees
Bark of cinchona tree
Quinine in Time
• Ground bark mixed with water
• Drank as tonic
–Reduce chills from fevers
• Quinine cross Atlantic with Jesuit
missionaries
–To Europe
Quinine in Time
• Became known as Jesuit’s bark
• Most precious cargos
–Between Europe and Peru
Quinine in Time
• Demand for cheaper and
accessible
• European push colonize Africa
–Quinine essential to avoid
“white man’s grave”
• Other forms of quinine…
–Fewer side effects
Bayer Laboratories
• Developed
chloroquine
1934
• Polaroid
laboratories
1944
Bayer Laboratories
• Cut off from supplies
–WW II
• American chemists
–Synthesize quinine
–Succeeded 1944
Artemisia annua
• Found medical manual from AD
340
• New weapon war against malaria
–Herb called Artemisia annua
–anti-malarial chemical called…
• Artesunate
• Most promising treat malaria
Artemisia annua
• Can be injected
• Fewer side effects
• More effective than any other
medication
Artemisia annua
PESTICIDES
P. 19
Consequences
• Rachel Carson
–Silent Spring…
• Killed animals
• Public outcry
Consequences
• DDT banned
–Malaria skyrocketed
• Seek balance…
–Saving lives
–Caring for creation
DDT
• Bringing back in limited uses
–Treating mosquito nets
–Spraying indoors
• Damage done
SRQ 1.3 (2-5; 10-12),
p. 16.
Chapter 1 Review
Review
During WW II, what insecticide was
used to control diseases like
malaria?
DDT
Review
The doctor who suggested
controlling mosquito populations
to combat malaria…
Sir Ronald Ross
Review
Which American president
contracted malaria?
George Washington
Review
What led to the development of
nuclear weapons?
Manhattan Project
Review
Nobel-Prize winning physicist who
said, “What I cannot create, I
cannot understand”?
Richard Feynman
Review
What is the most widespread
environmental problem?
Contaminated drinking water
Review
First professor of chemistry in the
United States…
Benjamin Rush
Review
What was the first treatment for
malaria?
Quinine
Review
The physicist who first formed
carbon nanotubes…
Sumio Iijima
Review
When a scientist explores nature
simply to learn more about the
world in which we live, he is
performing ___ science.
Pure
Review
Who were the first people to
introduce a reasoned approach to
chemistry?
Greeks
Review
To determine the level of soil
pollution across several states, a
scientist would most likely use
which method of gathering data?
a scientific survey
Review
What is the name given to the
process that scientists use to
identify a problem or question,
form a hypothesis, test it, and
evaluate the results?
Scientific inquiry
Review
The mass of a crystal as measured
on a balance would be an example
of _____ data.
Quantitative data
Review
For a model to be useful it must…
Workable
Review
The idea that matter was made of
atoms rose from the…
Greeks
Idea matter was made of atoms
rose from Greeks culture
Review
Scientific inquiry begins with…
Observation
Review
Early pharmacists prepared and
sold a wide variety of chemicals
and herbs. What were the
pharmacists who sold these goods
called?
Apothecaries
Review
When was chemistry first taught as
an academic subject?
1800s
Review
Jesuit’s bark is another name for
Quinine
Review
Which of the following is the most
important contribution made to
modern chemistry by alchemists?
Experimental approach
Review
Name the three basic concepts that
encapsulate a biblical worldview.
Creation
Fall
Redemption
Review
Define matter.
Anything which occupies space
and has mass
Review
Alchemists were known for turning
ordinary metals into…
Gold
Review
A statement that describes a
recognizable, repeating pattern in
nature…
Law
Review
God’s command to exercise good
and wise care of His creation is
called…
Creation Mandate
Review
The worldview that assumes that
matter is all that exists and that
human reasoning informed by
science is the only reliable path to
truth is called
Naturalism
Review
The cost of an item is $1.00. The
cost of the labor to create it was
only $0.50. Since the retail sale
price is $7.00, we can conclude
that the item has a good profit
margin for the store who sells it.
Inductive reasoning
Review
All scientists approach their work
with certain _____, which are ideas
that they assume to be true.
Presuppositions
Review
Define chemistry.
The study of matter and the
changes that it undergoes
Review
An idea that explains a
phenomenon
Theory
Review
What is God’s first commandment?
To love God with all thy heart and
all thy soul
Review
The perspective from which
someone sees and interprets all of
life…
Worldview
Review
The process of identifying a
problem or question, forming a
hypothesis, testing it, and
evaluating the results…
Scientific inquiry
Review
A workable explanation,
description, or representation of a
phenomenon…
Model
Review
A testable suggested explanation
for a scientific question…
Hypothesis
Review
The use of science to study realworld problems is called…
Applied science
Review
Testing the effectiveness of
vaccine is an example of…
Operational science
Review
Inductive or Deductive
In the year 2000, there were an
estimated 18 million chemical
compounds with another estimated 1
million being added each year;
therefore, in the year 2020, there will be
38 million chemical compounds.
Inductive
Quiz
1. Jesuit’s bark is another name
for…
A. DDT
B. Quinine
C. Artesunate
D. Aspirin
Quiz
2. The use of science to study realworld problems is called…
A. Historical science
B. Pure science
C. Applied science
D. Operational science
Quiz
3. Which of the following was the
first formed carbon nanotubes?
A. Jabir ibn Hayyan
B. Benjamin Rush
C. Sir Ronald Ross
D. Sumio Iijima
Quiz
4. Doctor who suggested
controlling mosquito populations
to combat malaria….
A. Jabir ibn Hayyan
B. Benjamin Rush
C. Sir Ronald Ross
D. Sumio Iijima
Quiz
5. American president who
contracted malaria was ____ (first
and last name).
Quiz
6. The worldview that assumes that
matter is all that exists, and that human
reasoning informed by science is the
only reliable path to truth is…
A. Naturalism
B. Creationism
C. Scientism
D. Polytheism
Quiz
7. All scientists approach their
work with certain ___which are
ideas that they assume to be true…
A. Assumptions
B. Presuppositions
C. Laws
D. Theories
Quiz
8. An idea that explains a
phenomenon…
A. Assumption
B. Presupposition
C. Law
D. Theory
Quiz
True or False
9. Qualitative descriptions do not
usually involve the use of
numbers.
Quiz
True or False
10. While inductive reasoning can
prove a statement to be true,
deductive reasoning can show it to
be probable or likely.
Quiz
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
B. Quinine
9. True
C. Applied science 10. False
D. Sumio Iijima
C. Sir Ronald Ross
George Washington
A. Naturalism
B. Presuppositions
D. Theory
Review
Inductive or Deductive
Since Labor Day is always on a
Monday, and Tuesday is the day after
Monday, the day after Labor Day is
always a Tuesday.
Deductive
Homework
Chapter
Review
1-6, p. 20
Read pp. 8-17
SRQ 1A, p. 8
Finish Terms, p. 19
Read pp. 8-11
Major Branches of Chemistry
• Inorganic…
– Study of all elements (except carbon) and
their components—often ability to conduct
electricity
• Organic…
– Study of compounds containing carbon…
• Mostly in living things
• Biochemistry…
– Study of chemical processes in living things
Major Branches of Chemistry
• Nuclear…
– Study of radioactivity, the nucleus, and
the changes that the nucleus
undergoes
• Physical…
– Foundational theories of chemistry that
allow detailed study of interactions
between substances and their
changes they undergo
Analytical Chemistry
• Techniques used in all branches of
chemistry to…
– Discover what substances are in a
sample (qualitative)
– Determine how much of each
component it contains (quantitative)
 Analytical—
• Qualitative: What is it?
• Quantitative: How much?
SRQ1B, p. 12. Read pp. 12-18
Homework
Handout
Test Tuesday,
Aug. 27th
Chapter 1 Review
Review
Scripture tells us…
Why we should study chemistry
How and when the elements came into
existence
Our substance and significance
How to use chemistry
p.5
Faces of Chemistry
• Archaeological chemistry…
– Chemistry of artifacts
– Similar to forensic chemistry
• Astrochemistry…
– Chemistry of celestial bodies
Faces of Chemistry
• Combinatorial chemistry…
– Computer modeling of similar
molecules
– Useful in developing medicines
Faces of Chemistry
• Environmental chemistry…
– Study of chemical processes in nature
– Soil chemistry
– Marine chemistry
– Green chemistry (sustainable products
and energy)
Faces of Chemistry
• Food chemistry…
– Chemical content in food
– FDA to create Nutrition Facts on food
packaging
Faces of Chemistry
• Forensic chemistry…
– Chemistry used in law enforcement
– Test poisons
– Explosives
– DNA
– Evidence
Faces of Chemistry
• Polymer chemistry…
– Long-chain molecules
– Useful in plastics industry
Faces of Chemistry
• Sonochemistry…
– High-frequency sound waves and their
effect on chemical processes
• Theoretical chemistry…
– Using theory and reasoning to predict
the results of chemical processes
CHEMISTRY IN HISTORY: TIMELINE
c. 5000 BC Creation
c. 4500 BC Tubal-Cain’s
metallurgy
c. 3400 BC The Genesis Flood
c. 2200 BC Sumerian metallurgy
c. 1550 BC Eber’s papyrus of
medical prescriptions
CHEMISTRY IN HISTORY: TIMELINE
c. 460 BC Empedocles’s theory of
earth, air, fire, and water
c. 430 BC Democritus’s atomic
theory
c. AD 770 Arabic alchemy in full
progress
CHEMISTRY IN HISTORY: TIMELINE
1242 Roger Bacon’s recipe for
gunpowder
1610 the first-ever chemical
equation
1661 Robert Boyle’s definition of
the elements
1754 the isolation of carbon
dioxide
CHEMISTRY IN HISTORY: TIMELINE
1774 the isolation of oxygen
1775 Antoine Lavoisier’s revision
of the theory of combustion
1803 Dalton’s atomic theory
CHEMISTRY IN HISTORY: TIMELINE
1869 Dimitri Mendeleev’s periodic
table
1895 Wilhelm Roentgen’s experiments
with x-rays
1912 Niels Bohr and Ernest
Rutherford’s atomic structure
models
1953 Watson and Crick’s DNA model
CHEMISTRY IN HISTORY: TIMELINE
1991 Sumio Iijima’s discovery of
carbon nanotubes
2010 Discovery of tennessine (Ts),
the 117th element on the
periodic table
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