How a Chemist Accidentally Destroyed a Scientific Myth

Check out my podcasts here: https://pods.to/rationalthinker Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/RationalThinker Before the modern days of organic and inorganic chemistry, there was an old theory called "Vitalism" that had made its way into chemistry. Pioneered into the field by the one and only Jöns Jacob Berzelius, this theory postulated that only living things can create organic compounds through acts of the 'Vital Force.' But cracks in this theory started to form when his pupil, Friedrich Wöhler, synthesized a compound that is found in the most unexpected of places: human urine.