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How Chemists Pushed for Consumer Protection: The Food and Drugs Act of 1906

By John P. Swann

In celebration of the centennial of the Food and Drug Administration, this article examines the role of chemists in establishing the regulatory framework that made such assurance possible. Read more >>

Blisters as Weapons of War: The Vesicants of World War I

The authors consider the story of the chemical R&D necessary to develop World War I's deadliest vessicants, mustard and lewsite.
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A Chemical Reminiscence: Softgels Revisited

The author remembers his work as a quality-control chemist with softgel manufacturer R.P. Sherer. Read more >>

Historian at Work

Understanding Moore's Law
Over 40 years have passed since Gordon Moore first articulated the rule of advancements in circuitry manufacturing known as Moore’s Law.
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The Othmer Library

Women Authors in the Neville Library
A number of French women authors, including Madame Lavoisier, made significant contributions to Enlightenment science. Our historian surveys their works in the CHF’s collections. Read more >>

Book Reviews

Walter Sneader. Drug Discovery: A History
Mary D. Archer; Christopher D. Haley, editors. The 1702 Chair of Chemistry at Cambridge: Transformation and Change
David Lindley. Degrees Kelvin: A Tale of Genius, Invention, and Tragedy
Amy Butler Greenfield. A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire
Tal Golan. Laws of Men and Laws of Nature: The History of Scientific Expert Testimony in England and America
Robert W. Rosner. Chemie in Österreich 1740-1914: Lehre—Forschung— Industrie [Chemistry in Austria 1740–1940: Teaching—Research— Industry].
George Starkey. Alchemical Laboratory Notebooks and Correspondence
Weldon Vlasak, editor. Planck's Columbia Lectures

Print Exclusives

Our Readers Write
More Than Intriguing • Lictor, Not Electricity • Ramie in the Sunshine State • Memories Revisited

Historic Landmarks
The Development of the Columbia Dry Cell

CHF on the Move
2006 Heritage Day Awards • Other Awards • JPS Meetings • CHF Affiliate Profiles

CHF Collections
Our Plastic Selves • Not Your Granny's Cookbook • Don and Mid: A Closer Look at the Othmers • New Additions to "10 Most Wanted Instruments"

The Othmer Library
A Director for the Othmer Library

Also: Calendar • From the Editor