History of Chemistry (Republished)

History of Chemistry

(The post should've been posted on February 26th, but with some technical problem, the post was not poublished. So, this is the republished post.)

 

 As I have posted and mentioned several times how I much love to study Chemistry, I want to post about the history of Chemistry today. Many people think that the history of chemistry is fairy short, but they are absolutely wrong. The history of chemistry can be traced from nearly 3000 years ago, from ancient civilization.

In this post today, I hope you will get to know larger perspectives and ideas about the history of chemistry through important events that scientists have achieved.

 During 300 B.C. most people in Greece thought that the universe is consisted of a single cell, or atom. They thought that the universe was as simple as possible. However, it was Aristotle soon repudiated that idea, saying that the universe is made out of 4 main factors- fire, soil, water and air. Of course, Aristotle's idea was also wrong. However, his influence was so large, that his ideas was believed as fact until late 17th century.

 Since 17th century, the chemistry studies started to bloom. Scientists and chemists such as John Dalton, Joseph John Thompson, Henry Moseley, Rutherford, and etc. have been renowned for accomplishing many achievements in the field of chemistry.

 Nowadays, the studies of chemistry has enlarged and expanded that there are various fields for people to study in chemistry. Also, as chemistry studies advance, there have been many problems such pollution. So, I think what the chemists have to do these days is not only to improve chemical engineering but also not to affect the environments. 

My dream is to become a chemist, possibly a teacher. Since I was young, I've seen many of my friends failing to study science because they thought it was too abstruse. However, by becoming a teacher, I want to encourage future generations of students to study science by teaching with fun and active teaching skills. In addition, through experimenting and researching what I want to study- I don't know what I want to research about yet, but I am certain that i would- and achieve some great accomplishments as other chemists in the past have done.