Who we are - What we do

Chemistry has a history that continues to be written every day. The rapid development of the natural sciences, and thus also of chemistry, presents society with new challenges. Only those who know their history can successfully shape the future, because scientific progress is based not only on current research, but also on tradition. From the examples of the past, we learn to moderate leaps in technology and knowledge in such a way that they engage people and provide the best benefit for society.

Shortlink to this page: www.gdch.de/geschichte

tasks and goals

We are a committed community of around 400 chemists, science historians, teachers and students who are interested in the rich history of chemistry .

Our tasks are:

 

• Arouse and maintain interest and understanding in the historical view of chemistry
• stimulate chemical history research
• Promote engagement with the history of chemistry at universities
• Generate interest in local chemical history
• Promote the use of historical topics in school lessons
• Bringing the history of chemistry to the general public
• Support museums and exhibitions on the history of chemistry
• Raise awareness of the importance of legacies.

In order to achieve this, we promote contacts and the exchange of experience among members and with foreign colleagues. Every two years we organize a Conference on the history of chemistry at different locations, publish the Mitteilungen as a publication organ for chemistry history treatises and support the work of the GDCh commission "Historic Sites of Chemistry". We work closely with other GDCh Divisions , in particular the German Young Chemists Network, the chemical education Group and the Senior Expert Chemists.

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