Women in Chemistry: Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the Mid-twentieth Century

Women in Chemistry: Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the Mid-twentieth Century
ISBN-10
0841235228
ISBN-13
9780841235229
Series
Women in Chemistry
Category
Social Science / Women's Studies
Pages
284
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Authors
Geoffrey Rayner-Canham, Marelene F. Rayner-Canham

Description

Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794-1863) holds an important position among the chemists who created the basis of postLavoisier chemistry. His discoveries of iso- and polymorphism; his pioneering work on catalysis; and his research on benzene and benzene derivatives, the formation of ethers, and alchoholic fermentation belong to the truly fundamental achievements of classical chemistry. In 1822, at the instigation of his mentor Berzelius, Mitscherlich became the successor of Klaproth both as member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences and as full professor at the Friedrich-Wilhelm University. Despite his long quarrels with Liebig, the most influential chemist in Germany, Mitscherlich remained the most eminent representative of chemistry in Prussia. When he died, an epoch of chemistry in Berlin drew to an end.

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