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Does history explain why today’s smart machines can seem so dumb?
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Because plastic does not biodegrade, it can stay in the environment forever, creating long-term consequences.
You understand concerns about plastic, but getting rid of plastics is not the solution.
The work of polymer scientists has dramatically advanced fields like medicine, transportation, and communications.
You represent the plastics industry—those companies that make and sell plastics.
You are concerned about the health risks of plastics and believe the government should regulate plastics until they are proven safe.
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A biochemist who made lasting contributions to medicine, Daly was the first Black woman to receive a PhD in chemistry.
Singer helped decipher the human genetic code—the chemical language that DNA uses to create the proteins that keep our bodies going and growing. One of her special concerns was recombinant DNA technology.
While a scientist at Dow Chemical, Tomalia created special treelike polymers called dendrimers that have numerous existing and potential applications, especially in biomedicine.
In the 1940s the husband-and-wife team of Clifford and Kathryn Hach launched the Hach Chemical Company, which became a leading producer of water-testing reagents and instruments.
In 1978 Mazumdar-Shaw started Biocon India in her garage and then built it into the multinational biotech firm it is today.
Comic books have been wrestling with the consequences of the atomic age for as long as their readers.
Berzelius is best remembered for his experiments that established the law of constant proportions.
Nobel laureate Paul Ehrlich conducted groundbreaking research on the body’s immune response and introduced the concept of a “magic bullet.”
Over the course of her career, Hoffman, a nuclear chemist, chased some of the most elusive forms of matter—the heavy elements.
A biochemical and biomedical engineer, Langer works at the cutting edge of research into biologically compatible synthetic materials.
Langmuir and Blodgett enjoyed one of the most fruitful relationships between a mentor and a younger scientist of all time.
The grandson of enslaved people, Julian overcame racial barriers to achieve scientific, business, and personal success.
In 1934 Beckman invented the first commercially successful electronic pH meter and then went on to found an international scientific instruments company.
By inventing recombinant-DNA technology, Boyer and Cohen jump-started the biotechnology industry, including Genentech, which creates important applications for a wide range of medical uses.
Best known for his work on electricity and electrochemistry, Faraday proposed the laws of electrolysis. He also discovered benzene and other hydrocarbons.
After Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of penicillin, Florey and Chain’s further research enabled the testing and production of the drug.
The catalytic process for “cracking” petroleum molecules into the shorter ones that constitute gasoline was developed by Houdry, who also created an early catalytic converter for cars.
In 1909 Sørensen, a Danish chemist, introduced the concept of pH as a convenient way of expressing acidity.
After isolating the antibrowning agent in citrus juice, Szent-Györgyi and his colleague Walter Haworth were able to synthesize what they called hexuronic acid—today known as ascorbic acid, or vitamin C.
These four scientists—Crick, Franklin, Watson, and Wilkins—codiscovered the double-helix structure of DNA, which formed the basis for modern biotechnology.
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