Anthony N. Stranges
  • Associate Professor
Research Areas
  • Science & Technology

Biography

Anthony Stranges teaches the history of science, especially chemistry and chemical engineering.  He has published books on the history of coal-to-oil conversion, its development and impact, and another on Farrington Daniels’ work on alternative energy.  He is currently completing a broader history of science in America.  One of his recent projects is the Fischer-Tropsch Archive, which provides an extensive collection of documents on the history and development of synthetic fuels around the world, for use by historians, and by scientists continuing research on fuel synthesis.

Research Interests

  • History of Science
  • History of Energy
  • History of Chemistry

Selected Publications

  • book cover: Petroleum from Coal: a Century Synthesis Petroleum from Coal: a Century Synthesis
    book cover: Transforming America Transforming America
    book cover: Science Changed the World Science Changed the World
    book cover: Technological Transformation of Gilded Age America Technological Transformation of Gilded Age America
    book cover: Electrons and Valence: Development of the Theory 1900-1925     Electrons and Valence: Development of the Theory 1900-1925