History

May 15, 20214 min read

Rest in Peace: Spontaneous generation

AKA: Living organisms can - and frequently do - arise from non-living matter (e.g. flies can arise from dust). Theory born: circa 4th...

Mar 14, 20214 min read

Rest in Peace: Expanding Earth Theory

AKA: The movement of continents is caused by the gradual expansion of the Earth. Theory born: 1834 Parent(s): Charles Darwin, Ott...

Mar 6, 20213 min read

Rest in Peace: Caloric Theory

AKA: Heat is actually an invisible, unsubstantial, self-repellent fluid called 'caloric' that flows from hot places to cold places....

Feb 28, 20213 min read

Rest in Peace: Hollow Earth Theory

AKA: Worlds within worlds. Theory born: Ancient/1692 Parent(s): Edmond Halley Edmond Halley, Astronomer Royal, b. 1656, d. 1743...

Feb 20, 20212 min read

Rest In Peace: The One-Electron Universe

AKA: All electrons in existence are actually all the same electron. Theory born: 1940 Parent(s): John Wheeler Description: There are a...

Sep 23, 20202 min read

Rest In Peace: The Emission Theory of Vision

The goddess Aphrodite lit a fire in the eye, so things would be seen with magic eye beams. But why didn't the magic eye beams work at night?

Sep 16, 20205 min read

Transition States: Lavoisier - the Father of Modern Chemistry?

"It took them only an instant to cut off this head, and one hundred years might not suffice to reproduce its like."

Sep 12, 20201 min read

Transition States: Evolution and Revolution in Chemistry

The index of the Transition States series.

Sep 12, 20204 min read

Transition States: The Teacher and the Hot Air Balloonist

Joseph Gay-Lussac was an enthusiastic hot air balloonist, but he was an ingenious chemist and physicist first. However, it was his...