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nYounprobably know that chemistry is the science of matter – of stuff.
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nBiology is the science of livingnthings.
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nWhich makes biochemistry thenscience of the stuff, the materials, that living things are made outnof…
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nHenrynC. Sherman,nborn in the U.S. on this day in 1875, did analysis of vitamins andnminerals to figure out what they do for us and also how much we neednof each one.
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nShermannwas a very careful experimental scientist, and he did each experimentnmany times before publishing. He was associated with ColumbianUniversity for 60 years, won many medals and honors, and was thenauthor of ten books. I am shocked to tell you that there is nonWikipedia article about him! This is truly a first for me! There arenWikipedia articles on almost everything—including the high schoolndown the street from me, the Korean-American actor who plays mynfavorite character in the TV show ThenMentalist,nthe nearby shopping mall, and the author of some little-known booksnthat were favorites of mine when I was a child!
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nSo,nif anyone wants a writing assignment that will contribute to thenworld, how about writing up Henry Clapp Sherman for the world’snfavorite freebie encyclopedia?
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nCyrilnPonnamperuma, born in SrinLanka on this day in 1923, became a leading expert on the chemicalnorigins of life. n
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nPonnamperumanmoved from Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka, to India, thennEngland, and then the U.S., as he pursued higher and higher educationnand degrees. He became closely involved with NASA, becoming ann“exobiologist,” one who searches for life beyond Earth.
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nChecknout biochemistry at thenChem4Kids website.
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nExperimentsncan be found at Home Biology.
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nTherenare several kids’ books about biochemistry, exobiology, and thenclosely related astrobiology. Here is one.
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