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
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged anaxagoras, arabic alchemy, atomic theory, early chemistry, empedocles, european alchemy, greek matter theories, history of chemistry, medieval crafts, nucleogenesis, nuremburg chronicles, science education, tintic mining district, van helmont on January 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Al-Chemya: The Great Secret Revealed
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged al-chemya, albertus magnus, alchemy, alkahest, basil valentine, elixir of life, geber, george ripley, george starkey, history of chemistry, john of rupescissa, michael maier, morienus, nicholas flamel, paracelsus, philosophers stone, ramon llull, raymond lully, red elixir, roger bacon, societe de chimie industrielle, sorcerers stone, transmutation, tria prima, uroboros, van helmont, white elixir, zosimos on October 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As we have studied the history of chemistry for our recent unit in Honors Chemistry, I’ve had my students do a bit of research on what is known and supposed about various alchemists. For example, a student in each of my sections was assigned to research Ramon Llull, the Majorcan alchemist. We started by finding [...]
