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How Chemistry Changed The World

Decades of chemistry discoveries illustrated

September 9, 2013 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 91, Issue 36

90 YEARS OF C&EN
C&EN’s 90th anniversary timeline describes nine decades of chemistry in words and images.
Credit: Robin Braverman/C&EN
How chemistry changed the world.

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