Svante Arrhenius
Videos
Page
Svante August Arrhenius was a Swedish scientist. Originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, Arrhenius was one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. He received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1903, becoming the first Swedish Nobel laureate. In 1905, he became the director of the Nobel Institute, where he remained until his death.
Svante Arrhenius around 1910
Lehrbuch der kosmischen Physik, 1903
Arrhenius family grave in Uppsala
This 1902 article attributes to Arrhenius a theory that coal combustion could cause a degree of global warming eventually leading to human extinction.
Physical chemistry
Videos
Page
Physical chemistry is the study of macroscopic and microscopic phenomena in chemical systems in terms of the principles, practices, and concepts of physics such as motion, energy, force, time, thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistical mechanics, analytical dynamics and chemical equilibria.
Between the flame and the flower is aerogel, whose synthesis has been aided greatly by physical chemistry.
Fragment of M. Lomonosov's manuscript 'Physical Chemistry' (1752)