The Key Minds That Made Chemistry

When was Chemistry invented so to speak? Well the answer is that no one truly knows the exact date. It was thought be discovered around the time of 3,000 B.C., but was considered more of an art at the time rather than a science. Anyway the history of Chemistry is long and has no end in sight, so rather than try and fit that in a paper let’s discuss some of the key minds that made Chemistry what it is today.

Lets start with Joseph Gay-Lussac; he was a French physicist that was born in 1778. In 1801 he did a study, which resulted in the publication of what is today called “Charles Law.” The reason for the law being named after Charles and not Joseph is due to the fact that Jacques Charles originally came up with this theory 15 years before Joseph Lussac, but didn’t publish it. Joseph was particularly proud of what he calls his greatest achievement, which is now referred to as Gay-Lussac’s Law. This law states that “gases at constant temperature and pressure combine in simple numerical proportions by volume, and the resulting product or products—if gases—also bear a simple proportion by volume to the volumes of the reactants.” The last noteworthy thing he was responsible for is his contribution to the finding of the element Boron. Which now plays a big part in chemistry classes around the world today.

The second chemist I would like to discuss is Jons Berzelius, who was born in 1779 in Sweden. This was the man who invented the technique of chemical formula notation. Which played a huge part in our classroom lately. Jons was very successful electrochemist, who was rivaled by Humphry Davy, yet it doesn’t seem like much of a rivalry since Jons was much more systematic about accomplishing his experiments. Another huge disc...

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... do was highly beneficial to chemistry. Considering X rays will always be used in out society, and this just goes to show that there could be more uses in the future for it that were opened up because of what this chemist did. Which even ties into the topic of technology and how this chemists techniques could further our technology if used correctly.

In the paper I referenced many of these chemists’ achievements and how they show up in todays world. Just Like Dmitri Mendeleev with the invention of the periodic table, that without a doubt shows up in every science class around the world. The history of chemistry is shown threw many things like technology and progression of inventions that aren’t necessarily new technology like the periodic table. But either way you start to see a progression threw these chemists one by one as it goes along with the time period.