Amateur chemistry

Amateur chemistry or home chemistry is the pursuit of chemistry as a private hobby.^[1] Amateur chemistry is usually done with whatever chemicals are available at disposal at the privacy of one's home. It should not be confused with clandestine chemistry, which involves the illicit production of controlled drugs.^[a] Notable amateur chemists include Oliver Sacks and Sir Edward Elgar.^[2]^[3]

^ Silberman, Steve (June 2006), "Don't Try This at Home", Wired, Wired Magazine, retrieved 2008-07-18
^ Sacks, Oliver (2001), Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Vintage Books, ISBN 0-375-40448-1
^ Weintraub, Stanley (2002), "Shaws's Musician: Edward Elgar" (PDF), Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, 22: 1–18, doi:10.1353/shaw.2002.0017, S2CID 161277419, retrieved 2008-07-21

[wired_article-1] Silberman, Steve (June 2006), "Don't Try This at Home", Wired, Wired Magazine, retrieved 2008-07-18

[uncle_tungsten-2] Sacks, Oliver (2001), Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Vintage Books, ISBN 0-375-40448-1

[elgar-3] Weintraub, Stanley (2002), "Shaws's Musician: Edward Elgar" (PDF), Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, 22: 1–18, doi:10.1353/shaw.2002.0017, S2CID 161277419, retrieved 2008-07-21

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