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Nature 436, 1082-1083 (25 August 2005) | doi:10.1038/4361082a; Published online 24 August 2005

History of chemistry: In their element

Alexandra Witze1

  1. Alexandra Witze is a senior news and features editor for Nature, based in Washington DC.
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At first it was just an unusual, geeky hobby. But by combining their twin passions of chemistry and history, Jim and Jenny Marshall are now running an acclaimed project in science education. Alexandra Witze reports.

Not every honeymoon turns into a scholarly project. But that's what happened when Jenny Marshall told her husband, chemist Jim Marshall, that she'd like to spend the summer after their wedding visiting European sites of chemical history.