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BULLETIN FOR THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY

Volume 47, Number 1, 2022
HIST Centennial Issue

Carmen J. Giunta and Jeffrey I. Seeman, Editors

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TITLE Author Page
Number
Cover, key and credits
Foreword
Roald Hoffmann
1-2
Preface: Happy Centennial to the ACS Division of the History of Chemistry
Jeffrey I. Seeman
and Carmen J. Giunta
3-4
     
Expansive Approaches to the History of Chemistry    
Epitomizing Chemistry for Changing Audiences in Britain, 1820 -2020

Supplemental Information
Robert G. W. Anderson
5-14
Mendeleev's “Problems:” A Means to Engage Students
and Teachers in the History of Chemistry
Arthur Greenberg
15-28
Archaeological Chemistry: Past, Present, Future
Mary Virginia Orna
29-41
Can We Bring Chemistry Back? Exploring the Potential
of “Gateway Artifacts” at the Science History Institute
David Allen Cole
43-49
     
Foci on Specific Topics    
Historiography of the Chemical Industry: Technologies and Products versus Corporate History
Anthony S. Travis
50-61
A Future History of Selectivity in Organic Chemistry: Whence, Where, and Whither?
David E. Lewis
62-76
The Development of Medicinal Chemistry as a Disciplines: A Topic Ripe for Historical Exploration
John Parascandola
77-84
     
Multidisciplinary Approaches and Tools    
Moving Beyond the Intersection of Chemistry and History:
Evolving Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Historical Study of Chemistry
Seth C. Rasmussen
85-90
Computational History of Chemistry
Guillermo Restrepo
91-106
     
Thriving, Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity and the History of Chemistry    
History of Chemistry as a Tool for the Engagement of Underrepresented Students in Chemistry
Sibrina N. Collins
107-110
Out of Obscurity: Contextualizing Forgotten Women Chemists
Marelene F. Rayner-Canham
and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham
111-118
     
Relationships of Historians and Chemist-Historians    
“The Poor Sister:” Coming to Grips with Recent and Contemporary Chemistry
Stephen J. Weininger
119-123
The Importance of Plurality and Mutual Respect in the Practice of the History of Chemistry
Peter J. T. Morris
and Jeffrey I. Seeman
124-137
The Long and Short of It: The Future Writing of History of Chemistry William H. Brock
138-145
     
The Past, Present and Future of History of Chemistry    
Does History of Chemistry Have a Future?
William B. Jensen
146-152
Remote Interviewing and the History of Chemistry
Jeffrey I. Seeman
153-162
Is There Room for the Present in the History of Science? Carmen J. Giunta
163-170
Reflections on the Last and the Next Hundred Years
Alan J. Rocke
171-175
     
The Back Story
Steve Weininger, Comfortable in Many Disciplines

Supplemental Information
Jeffrey I. Seeman
176
     
Bulletin Editorial Staff   177
HIST Officers 2022   177

The Cover... Chairs of HIST from its first century. See p42 and p170.