Research Interests

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.