Discusses the discovery, background, and application of the trans effect and briefly outlines the life and work of its discoverer. (MLH)

Describes medieval alchemical experiments that can be reenacted in the undergraduate laboratory. (MLH)

Considers reasons for advocating as well as for objecting to the introduction of science history into chemistry courses at the college level. (CS)

Describes the life of Niels Bjerrum, a Danish physical chemist, best known as the originator of the concept that strong electrolytes are almost completely dissociated into ions in solution. (Author/JN)

Provides historical background on Pasteur's resolution of an optically active compound, and describes an undergraduate laboratory experiment in which optically active compounds are separated. (MLH)

Describes a number of undergraduate laboratory experiments that illustrate the science of alchemy as it was historically practiced. (MLH)

Describes the history, chemistry, and uses of sulfuric acid. Presents demonstrations with this the cheapest bulk acid that is available in every country of the world. (PR)

In this experiment, the student duplicates the experiment reported by Wohler in 1828. (BB)

Examines scientific discoveries which underlie the atomic bomb and its technological development in the United States during World War II. Changing views, super-weapon development, early American efforts, production/dropping the bombs, and the Oppenheimer case are considered. (DH)

Part I (SE 537 587) briefly reviewed the scientific discoveries underlying the atomic bomb and its technological development. This part examines the implications of these events for science education. Areas considered include the nuclear arms race, nuclear winter, the Strategic Defense Initiative, and others. (DH)