A History of Chemistry in Wellington since 1986 in Ten Artefacts

摘要

Many readers will be aware of the BBC series 'A history of the world in 100 objects', using artefacts from the Brit-ish Museum as indicative of history, which was broadcast earlier this year on Radio New Zealand (which was also published as a book~1). The NZIC Wellington Branch has a much shorter history than has the world, but even so, rather than attempting a comprehensive history of the last 25 years of chemistry in Wellington, I have taken a similar approach to the British Museum, selecting some themes and artefacts that could be considered representative of those years.