| Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz (also August Kekulé) (7 September 1829 German organic chemist. One of the most prominent chemists in Europe from the 1850s until his death, especially in the theoretical realm, he was the principal founder of the theory of chemical structure. Friedrich_August_Kekulé_von_Stradonitz
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| Marie Curie Marie Skłodowska Curie (November 7, 1867 physicist and chemist of Polish upbringing and, subsequently, French citizenship. She was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity, the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes, and the first female professor at the University of Paris.She was born Maria Skłodowska in Warsaw (then Vistula Country, Russian Empire; now Poland) and lived there until she was 24. Marie_Curie
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| Robert Bunsen Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (31 March 1811 German chemist. He investigated emission spectra of heated elements, and with Gustav Kirchhoff he discovered caesium(in 1860) and rubidium(in 1861). Bunsen developed several gas-analytical methods, he was a pioneer in photochemistry, and he did early work in the field of organoarsenic chemistry. Robert_Bunsen
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| Linus Pauling Linus Carl Pauling (February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994) was an American chemist, peace activist, author, and educator. He was one of the most influential chemists in history and ranks among the most important scientists in any field of the 20th century. Pauling was among the first scientists to work in the fields of quantum chemistry, molecular biology, and orthomolecular medicine. Linus_Pauling
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| Joseph Priestley Joseph Priestley (13 March 1733 (Old Style) – 6 February 1804) was an 18th-century British theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works. He is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, although Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Antoine Lavoisier also have a claim to the discovery. Joseph_Priestley
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| McCarthyism McCarthyism is the politically motivated practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term specifically describes activities associated with the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s and characterized by heightened fears of communist influence on American institutions and espionage by Soviet agents. McCarthyism
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| Thomas Graham (chemist) Thomas Graham FRS (21 December 1805 – 16 September 1869) was a nineteenth-century Scottish chemist who is best-remembered today for his pioneering work in dialysis and the diffusion of gases. Thomas_Graham_(chemist)
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| Robert Boyle Robert Boyle was a natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, inventor, and gentleman scientist, also noted for his writings in theology. He is best known for the formulation of Boyle's law. Although his research and personal philosophy clearly has its roots in the alchemical tradition, he is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of modern chemistry. Among his works, The Sceptical Chymist is seen as a cornerstone book in the field of chemistry. Robert_Boyle
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| Dmitri Mendeleev Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev (sometimes romanized Mendeleev or Mendeleef; ) ( Russian chemist and inventor. He is credited as being the creator of the first version of the periodic table of elements. Using the table, he predicted the properties of elements yet to be discovered. Dmitri_Mendeleev
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| Galvanic cell Galvanic cell, named after Luigi Galvani, is a part of a battery consisting of an electrochemical cell with two different metals connected by a salt bridge or a porous disk between the individual half-cells. It is sometimes also called a Voltaic cell.Common usage of the word battery has evolved to include a single Galvanic cell, but the first batteries had many Galvanic cells. Galvanic_cell
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| Whitman College Whitman College is a co-educational, non-sectarian residential undergraduate liberal arts college in Walla Walla, Washington. Whitman_College
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| Biochip biochips is a major thrust of the rapidly growing biotechnology industry, which encompasses a very diverse range of genomics, proteomics, andpharmaceuticals, among other activities. Advances insemiconductor industry has been steadily perfecting the science of Biochip
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| Thomas R. Pickering Thomas Reeve "Tom" Pickering (born November 5 1931), is a retired United States ambassador. He served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992. Thomas_R._Pickering
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| Sorghaghtani Beki Sorghaghtani_Beki
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| Doris Kearns Goodwin Doris Kearns Goodwin (born Doris Helen Kearns on January 4, 1943) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American biographer and historian, and an oft-seen political commentator. She is the author of biographies of several U.S. Presidents, including Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream; The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys; No Ordinary Time (which won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995); and her most recent book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Doris_Kearns_Goodwin
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| Furman University Talk:Furman_University
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| Military Cooperation with Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies Act The Military Cooperation with Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1981 that allowed the military of the United States to cooperate with law enforcement agencies in their operations, including (among others) drug interdiction.The Act is cited in the 1992 essay The Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012 as having set a precedent that the author, a United States Air Force officer, considered dangerous. Military_Cooperation_with_Civilian_Law_Enforcement_Agencies_Act
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| Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Woodrow_Wilson_National_Fellowship_Foundation
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| Pi/Archive 3 Talk:Pi/Archive_3
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| List of Barnard College people The following is a list of notable individuals associated with Barnard College through attendance as a student, service as a member of the faculty or staff, or award of the Barnard Medal of Distinction. List_of_Barnard_College_people
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