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Field (legacy)

This dimension names the field a scientist is remembered for even when their own career spanned much more. Wikipedia notes that Thales "was arguably the first scientist for describing how cosmic events may be seen as natural, not necessarily caused by gods," a single insight that defines his legacy above all else. Browsing this way collects every scientist remembered chiefly for the same field.

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Field Established
1661 1
Field (legacy)

Biochemistry

Field (legacy)
2 entries

Biochemistry and crystallography

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Biology and biochemistry

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Biophysics and chemistry

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemical Thermodynamics

Field (legacy)
1 entry

chemist

Field (legacy)
2 entries

Chemistry

Field (legacy)
10 entries

Chemistry (organic chemistry, natural pigments)

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry (organometallic catalysis, olefin metathesis)

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry (physical chemistry)

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry (thermochemistry)

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry and alchemy

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry and chemical engineering

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry and medicine

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry and microbiology

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry and natural philosophy

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry and pharmacy

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry and theology

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry and X-ray crystallography

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry, gas-liquid chromatography

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry, invention

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry, mineralogy

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry, particularly industrial and biochemistry

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry, partition and gas-liquid chromatography

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry, physics

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry, precision measurement

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry, scientific instrumentation

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Chemistry, spectroscopy

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Crystallography

Field (legacy)
2 entries

Geochemistry and oceanography

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Molecular Biology

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Molecular biology and crystallography

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Organic chemistry

Field (legacy)
3 entries

Organic chemistry and phytomedicine

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Organic chemistry, palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Physical and colloid chemistry

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Physical chemistry

Field (legacy)
1 entry

physicist

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Radiochemistry

Field (legacy)
1 entry
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Chemistry
WikipediaChemistry, History section, Boyle paragraph
Quote, Chemistry, History section, Boyle paragraph
Robert Boyle, although skeptical of elements and convinced of alchemy, played a key part in elevating the "sacred art" as an independent, fundamental and philosophical discipline in his work The Sceptical Chymist (1661).
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