Anthony N. Stranges

Anthony N. Stranges, Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University, teaches courses on United States History and the History of Science.  Stranges earned BS and MS degrees in Chemistry from Niagara University (New York) and a PhD in the History of Science from the University of Wisconsin (Madison).  His research has focused on the history of chemistry; history of synthetic fuels (synthesis of petroleum from coal in World War II Germany and England and its postwar development in the United States); history of solar and wind energy; acid rain; and global warming.  He has presented papers on these topics at meetings of the History of Science Society, Society for the History of Technology, American Chemical Society, ICOHTEC, and other scientific societies. Stranges has published articles in top tier journals such as Isis, Annals of Science, Technology and Culture, and ICON. He published five books on the history of science:  Electrons and Valence, a history of the chemical bond; Science Changed the World which traces scientific discovery from ancient times to the present; Transforming America and Technological Transformation of Gilded Age America which focus on the history of American science and technology; and Petroleum from Coal: A Century of Synthesis, an authoritative history of synthetic fuels.