Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Allegheny College
Department
of Chemistry
glen.rodgers@allegheny.edu
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Allegheny College
Department
of Chemistry
glen.rodgers@allegheny.edu
Textbook: Descriptive Inorganic, Coordination, and Solid State Chemistry, 2nd Edition (2002) The "Traveling with the Atom" Writing Project |
Descriptive
Inorganic, Coordination,
Scientific/Historical
Traveling Pages 
| This year was spent researching and writing the first three chapters of "Traveling with the Atom". This is a book about traveling in Europe to visit places related to one of the most carefully researched and enduring ideas in human history, the atomic concept. These places include homesteads, birthplaces, graveyards, squares, statues, mines, universities, laboratories, museums, libraries, lecture halls, apartments and individual rooms, estates, and even castles in some of the most picturesque rural areas, charming small towns and villages, ordinary working class municipalities, and some of the most elegant and romantic cities in Europe. |
| General Description of Trip to Southwest Germany, Strasbourg, Bern, and Italy |
Scientific/Historical Travel Sites in Germany and Strasbourg | Scientific/Historical Travel Sites in Italy |
| Scientific/Historical Traveling in London, Bath, the Cotswalds, and Southern Ireland This trip includes visits to the Royal Society and Westminster Abbey in London. We tracked down the graves and memorials to many of the scientists honored in Westminster Abbey. We also visited the site of Robert Boyle's phosphorus factory in Covent Garden. In Bath, the Roman baths have chemistry connections that are fun to contemplate. In Lismore we visted the birthplace of Robert Boyle and The Robert Boyle Science Room in the Heritage Center. In Youghal we visited St. Mary's Church, site of a memorial to Richard Boyle, Robert's father and the 1st Earl of Cork. |
"Traveling in the Liberal Arts Tradition" Article in the Spring 2005 Issue of the Allegheny Magazine |
"The Haus 'Energie' of Chemistry Nobel Laureate Wilhelm Ostwald Supplementary Article in the Spring 2005 Issue of the Allegheny Magazine |
Participation in the 5th International Conference on the History of Chemistry (5ICHC), September 6-10, 2005 Lisbon/Estoril, Portugal (General Information) |
"Scientific/Historical Travel Seminars in Europe" Description of the Poster Presented at 5ICHC, Please Scroll down to Title |
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