The Kaiser's Chemists: Science and Modernization in Imperial Germany

by Jeffrey Allan Johnson

Book Overview

In the early twentieth century, an elite group of modern-minded scientists in Germany, led by the eminent organic chemist Emil Fischer, set out to create new centers and open new sources of funding for chemical research. Their efforts led to the establishment in 1911 of the chemical institues of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of the Sciences, whose original staff included several future Nobel laureates. Although these institutes were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807865494
• ISBN13: 9780807865491
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"