More than 350 years ago, Robert Boyle wrote a wish list of what he hoped science would one day achieve.

Nature - Robert Boyle's widely misunderstood book elevated the status of chemistry, explains Lawrence Principe. Skip to main content Thank you for visiting nature.com.

From accounts of deformed animals to scratch-and-sniff technology, Robert Boyle's early contributions to the Royal Society of London were prolific and wide ranging. A series of rodent experiments ...

Robert Boyle was a 17th century natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor, also noted for his writings in theology. He is best known for Boyle's law. Among his works, The Sceptical Chymist ...

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Robert Boyle, a pioneering scientist and a founder member of the Royal Society. Born in Ireland in 1627, Boyle was one of the first natural ...

In many ways, the history of civilization is the history of chemistry. Humans have always sought to identify, use and change the materials in our environment. ... Robert Boyle(1627-1691) ...

The word chemistry is said to have roots in either ancient Egypt or Greece. Science historian Howard Markel discusses the word's origin, and the modern naming of the field of chemistry by British ...

More than 350 years ago, Robert Boyle wrote a wish list of what he hoped science would one day achieve.