A brief history of chemistry chemistry is a central science that is part of every aspect of life from the materials we use everyday to the functioning of life on this planet before we enter into a discussion on the history we should define just what is chemistry. History of chemistry tries to do get to the human side of how the science developed and show just how human it is that way i could show how chemistry or any other science. The history of chemistry represents a time span from ancient history to the present by 1000 bc civilizations used technologies that would eventually form the basis of the various branches of chemistry examples include the discovery of fire extracting metals from ores making pottery and glazes fermenting beer and wine extracting chemicals from plants for medicine and perfume rendering