Important Figures of Analytical Chemistry from Germany in Brief Biographies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction and Overview

   • D. Thorburn Burns, R. Klaus Müller, Reiner Salzer, Gerhard Werner

   Pages 1-10

3. Important Figures in Analytical Chemistry from Germany: From the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century

   • D. Thorburn Burns

   Pages 11-47

4. Growth into a Scientific Discipline: The Nineteenth Century

   • R. Klaus Müller

   Pages 49-95

5. Development of Instrumental Techniques: The Twentieth Century

   • Reiner Salzer, Gerhard Werner

   Pages 97-132

More than 80 personalities, in or from Germany, that over the centuries have shaped the development of analytical chemistry are introduced by brief biographies. These accounts go beyond summarising key biographical information and outline the individual's contributions to analytical chemistry. This richly illustrated Brief offers a unique resource of information that is not available elsewhere.

• Analytical chemistry in Germany
• Biographies of Analytical Chemists
• First Analytical Textbooks
• German Analytical Chemists
• History of Analytical Chemistry

“This book provides a comprehensive overview of the contributions of German chemists to the development of analytical chemistry, spanning from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. … it is addressed to all researchers who are curious about the way chemistry and analytical chemistry developed.” (Luigia Sabbatini, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Vol. 40, 2015)

“This book is part of a series, Springer briefs in molecular science, devoted to the history of chemistry. Following a general overview, each chapter consists of a very short introduction followed by a series of biographical entries, which are well referenced … . the text is easy to read and the photographs are generally well produced … . this book makes a useful addition to the chemical literature and is recommended to chemists and, in particular, historians of chemistry.”(Peter Reed, Chemistry World, 2015)

• The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

  D. Thorburn Burns

• University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

  R. Klaus Müller, Gerhard Werner

• Bioanalytische Chemie, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany

  Reiner Salzer

D. Thorburn Burns, R.K. Müller, R. Salzer, G. Werner reiner.salzer@tu-dresden.de

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