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Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932), Now 150 Years Young... |
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Dr. Regine
Zott (see more:
http://www.angewandte.org) |
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He was
versatile, successful, controversial – one of the fathers of physical
chemistry as a scientific discipline, critic, founder of associations, journals,
and of schools of science, author of text books and writings on the history
of science and biographics, on creativity, scientific theory, philosophy, and
color theory – and last but not least – writer and recipient of thousands of
letters. His literary
bequest is considered to be one of the best documented, and his letter fund
one of the most extensive, as, mindful of history, he himself kept nearly all
his correspondence. Such
superlatives give the impression that his work and life are already known –
but there is an unchangingly wakeful and at the same time critical interest
that springs from the diversity of his work and from changing historical
perspectives. |
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