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Why examine historical discoveries, and how have they been presented as part of the story about science? How does the presentation of discoveries matter to the professional historian, chemist, student, and general public? These are the ques- tions the contributors to this volume set out to answer through various case studies spread over several centuries, focusing on what initially seems to be the same quest: The discovery of chemical ele- ments.

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