Women in chemistry
Subtitle: their changing roles from alchemical times to the mid-twentieth century
By: Marelene Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey Rayner-Canham.
Contributors: Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey.
Series: History of modern chemical sciences,
Publisher: American Chemical Society; Chemical Heritage Foundation
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Women in chemistry -- History; Women chemists -- Biography
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-253) and index.