Hippopotamus and other stories from chemistry

We would not have thought that hippos protect themselves against the hot sun with sweat containing a high sun protection factor. But neither that the dramatist's interest in natural science and his disdain for astrologers can be read from Shakespeare's plays. It is also news that Jókai unnecessarily measures the amount of ozone with Iván Berend, and it is probably not well known that the Royal Society of Chemistry awarded Sherlock Holmes an honorary membership in 2002 for his scientific work. An imaginary person has never received such an honor! From Gábor Lente's writings, we also learn which important politician, rebel, composer was a mediocre or scientifically successful chemist. Moreover, we can also read about the first scientific conference. Although, in order to understand, here and there we also need to have the tools of mathematics, physics, and chemistry, in fact, we get to know the special view of the natural scientist from this selection.