Elizabeth Fulhame: the scientist the world forgot

By Ida Emilie Steinmark2017-10-10T12:07:00

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Ida Emilie Steinmark investigates a forgotten figure who made fundamentally important discoveries in chemistry

Elizabeth Fulhame discovered catalysis in 1794 but has been largely forgotten by the scientific and historical community. Ida Emilie Steinmark discusses Fulhame’s life and work and tries to account for her absence from the history of science.

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