http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/index.html Chemical Heritage is a publication of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, dedicated to sharing the story chemistry and related sciences, technologies, and industries. Each issue contains features on the people, institutions, and ideas that have shaped our lives today. This RSS feed is updated three times per year when a new issue of Chemical Heritage is posted to our Web site. 2009 Chemical Heritage Foundation en-us http://www.chemheritage.org/images/home/item_chemheritage.jpg http://www.chemheritage.org/magazine http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/feature_dow.html Dow Chemical Company began when the innovative mind of Herbert Dow met the rich quantities of magnesium, chlorine, calcium, and bromine stored deep below the soils of Midland, Michigan. Photographs of the early chemical plant in the late 19th century document the pioneering of Dow's company and the beginning of chlorine bleach. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/feature_apothecaries_p1.html During the 17th-century many women were skilled in making medicinal home remedies, but only a few women ran their own apothecaries and competed with male physicians for the right to make and prescribe medicines. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/him_salt.html Meet sodium chloride, the latest nutritional villain. But are the alternatives scarier than the substance it’s replacing? A brief history about a "terrifying" food. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/mil_pa_black_gold.html The 150th anniversary of Colonel Edwin Drake's accidental discovery of oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/fp_macdiarmid.html Nobel Prize winner Alan MacDiarmid reveals a creative way scientists fund their research. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/ios_munsell.html Color by numbers--no problem, thanks to Albert H. Munsell, who pioneered methods for color comparison. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/exp_water_cooler.html Where do chemists network? The Web, of course! Find out more. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/review_shapin.html Review of The Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation by Steven Shapin Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/review_slater.html Review of War and Disease: Biomedical Research on Malaria in the 20th Century by Leo B. Slater Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/review_lucier.html Review of Scientists and Swindlers: Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820-1890 by Paul Lucier Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/review_museo_bassa_friulana.html Review of the Museo Territoriale Bassa Friulana in Torviscosa, Italy Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/review_holmes.html Review of The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/review_crouch.html Review of Lighter than Air by Tom D. Crouch Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/review_ackerman.html Review of Poisoned for Pennies: The Economics of Toxics and Precaution by Frank Ackerman Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/review_li.html Review of Triumph of the Heart: The Story of Statins by Jie Jack Li Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/review_proctor_schiebinger.html Review of Agnotology: The Making and Unmaking of Ignorance edited by Robert N. Proctor and Londa Schiebinger Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/review_trefil.html Review of Why Science? by James Trefil Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST