In my last post, I showed the statistics of what this blog has accomplished so far. I feel very good about where we’ve been, but now it’s time to describe where I plan on going this coming year. Given that I am not teaching chemistry this school year, my work on the Elements Unearthed project [...]
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Plans for 2012
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Of Atoms, Elements, Alchemists, and Experts
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged aristotle, atom, atomic theory, Chemical Heritage Foundation, democritus, element, empedocles, epicurus, greek philosophy, heraclitus, hylomorphism, parmenides on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In this blog entry I’d like to discuss some of the ideas that I have been researching so far here at Chemical Heritage Foundation, report on a conference I attended last week, and give an overview of my plans for the next week. I’ve been conducting my research at CHF for about 2 1/2 weeks. [...]