Where did the chemistry began?

Answer 1

The history of chemistry science 1000BC ancient history at present, there have a lot of scientist who develop experiments with chemistry. The history of chemistry its modern with Irish scientist Robert Boyle in 1991

Answer 2

One could say that chemistry has its roots in both philosophy. Chemistry first began when men began to speculate as to how their world functioned. Most of it was guesswork, determined through observation of natural phenomenon; and the majority of it was wrong, and would have been considered absurd by today's standards, but it placed the foundation for future discoveries.

One of the first ideologies was that all matter in the universe is comprised of elements, in various amounts. Exactly what these elements are varied from culture to culture, but the most commonly accepted theory used throughout the world for several hundred years was the Quintessence theory, proposed by Aristotle. What this theory stated was that there were five elements; fire, earth, air, water and aether; and that these elements could be mixed and matched to become the various properties which make up our universe. For example, when the element of earth and fire were combined, it created dry; when earth and air were combined, it created hot; when air and water were combined, it created wet; and so forth. The fifth element, aether, was defined to have none of these properties, and made up the space between celestial bodies and the surface of the Earth.

The first theories that all objects in the universe were made of smaller particles; building blocks, if you will; began with the ancient Greeks. Greek philosophers began to speculate exactly what the world was composed of. One of the first theories proposed was by a philosopher named Thales, around the year 500 B.C., who proposed all matter was made of water. A hundred or so years later, two other Greek philosophers whose names were Leucippus and Democritus proposed that if you were to break down matter in to the smallest pieces possible, you would eventually reach a point to where it could not be broken down any further. They termed this point "atomos", which meant "no cut"; the idea of which later became the atoms we now know today.

Around this same time, the first official precursor of chemistry began to emerge. It was known as alchemy. The first known recorded alchemist was Mary the Jewess, who laid out diagrams for a good deal of chemical apparatus, much of which is still used today. She also gave extensive instructions for distillation, one of the most useful skills in both ancient alchemy and modern chemistry.

Alchemy began to flourish during the Renaissance era, and the foundation was placed for the transition from ancient alchemy to modern chemistry; especially with the rise of the Scientific Method around 1200 A.D., which helped accepted scientific knowledge to correct itself. The transition to chemistry was furthered by Robert Boyle, who expanded upon the atomic theory earlier proposed by Leucippus and Democritus. What he added to the idea was that each atom has differing properties based on how many particles an atom possesses, and that there are dozens of such atoms. These various atoms are known as atoms. Around the same time, Sir Isaac newton published his research on physics, including his famous laws of motion. The study of physics became ingrained in the science of chemistry, as it helped to better understand how matter behaved.

The nineteenth century marked a golden age for both chemistry and physics. It was discovered that when an element is heated and cooled rapidly, it emits light, whose color is unique to that element. This technique, known as spectrum analysis, allowed chemists to distinguish one material from another, and better understand the makeup of matter. With this new ability, chemists sought a way to organize the known elements. It was at this time that a chemist by the name of Dmitri Mendeleev created the prototype to the modern Periodic Table of the elements. He organized elements by order of weight, and in to "families" of elements that shared similar properties. He also managed to predict the existence of a number of elements that hadn't yet been discovered using his periodic table.

As we better began to understand atoms, a new field of science began to emerge, known as quantum mechanics; a science which focuses on the study of matter and energy. In 1905, one of the founding fathers of quantum mechanics, Albert Einstein, proposed his famous E=mc2 equation. The equation stated the exact ratio by which mass could be converted to energy, and conversely, m=E/c2, the equation for the ratio by which energy is converted to mass. Further advances in quantum mechanics gave birth to nuclear physics, which now allows chemists to do amazing things, such as creating new elements or isotopes of existing elements.

From its humble beginnings to modern miracles, chemistry has always been an integral part of humanity, and it will continue to be such in the future, for as long as we are curious as to how our world functions.

Answer 3

Probably in what is now called the Middle East. Certainly Ancient Egyptians were using what are now recognised as chemical processes.

Answer 4

as early as 3,500 BC in Egypt and Mesopotamia

Answer 5

Chemistry came out of alchemy. Alchemy was the pre-science practice of trying to change base metals (like lead) into precious metals (like gold).

Answer 6

chemistry start in Egypt and Mesopotamia

Answer 7

by water the chemistry begins