Fiat lux!

Authors

  • Edwin Charles Constable Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, CH-4058

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2021.832

PMID:

34728009

Keywords:

Photochemistry, History of science, Switzerland

Abstract

Photochemistry made the transition from a natural observable to a scientific discipline in the latter half of the 19th Century CE. This short article looks at the development of the discipline in its first 100 years with a particular emphasis on the participation of Swiss scientists.

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Published

2021-10-11

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Scientific Articles