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de Berg, Kevin C. – Science & Education, 2011
This paper discusses the findings of a search for the intellectual tools used by Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) in his chemistry, education, and theology documents. Priestley's enquiring democratic view of knowledge was applicable in all three areas and constitutes a significant part of his lifework. Current epistemological issues in science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Chemistry, Epistemology
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Cardellini, Liberato – Journal of Chemical Education, 2007
In this interview Roald Hoffmann reveals aspects of his private life, from the great difficulties he experienced during World War II, to his personal beliefs. Hoffmann addresses questions about the meaning of laboratory work, teaching chemistry, representing chemical ideas, his philosophical quandaries, his poetry, and his view of atomic orbitals.…
Descriptors: War, Chemistry, Poetry, Interviews