Laboratory: The History of Science in Test Tubes and Gadgets
How can a chemist become famous? Very simple! A reaction, a new substance, or even a reagent can be named after them! But if that’s not enough, such a scientist has another way to leave a memory of themselves: to...
develop glassware, instruments, or other devices that will bear their name. Over the years, the name of the glassware simply shortens to the scientist's surname – in the laboratory, we rarely say “Liebig's refrigerator”, “Wurtz's attachment”. More often you can hear something like: “Who threw the dirty Wurtz into the sink?” or: “Again, someone broke a leg from Liebig's!” The heroes of this book are devices created by scientists to assist in their research. How many people know who Petri is, the cup whose name is used by both chemists and microbiologists, and who can name offhand who invented a device like the pipette? Whom to mention fondly when we drop drops into our eyes? An associate professor of the Department of High Molecular Compounds and Elemental Organic Compounds of the A. M. Butlerov Chemical Institute. Awarded in 2019 with the badge “For Merits in Education”. He was a popularizer of science and one of the leading science journalists writing about chemistry.
How can a chemist become famous? Very simple! A reaction, a new substance, or even a reagent can be named after them! But if that’s not enough, such a scientist has another way to leave a memory of themselves: to develop glassware, instruments, or other devices that will bear their name. Over the years, the name of the glassware simply shortens to the scientist's surname – in the laboratory, we rarely say “Liebig's refrigerator”, “Wurtz's attachment”. More often you can hear something like: “Who threw the dirty Wurtz into the sink?” or: “Again, someone broke a leg from Liebig's!” The heroes of this book are devices created by scientists to assist in their research. How many people know who Petri is, the cup whose name is used by both chemists and microbiologists, and who can name offhand who invented a device like the pipette? Whom to mention fondly when we drop drops into our eyes? An associate professor of the Department of High Molecular Compounds and Elemental Organic Compounds of the A. M. Butlerov Chemical Institute. Awarded in 2019 with the badge “For Merits in Education”. He was a popularizer of science and one of the leading science journalists writing about chemistry.
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