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- Is the First English translation of Emil Fischer's autobiography
- Narrates Fischer's life and scientific path
- Allows new generations of chemists to access Fischer's life story
Part of the book series: Springer Biographies (SPRINGERBIOGS)
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This book is a translation of Emil Fischer’s autobiography published in 1922 by Verlag von Julius Springer, Berlin, Germany. It is the first translation of this work into English, guiding the reader through the life of a man who was one of the greatest chemists of all time. Emil Fischer published very important papers on sugars, purines, and peptides. His proof of the stereo chemistry of glucose remains one of the great intellectual and practical achievements of science. The book is of great benefit to the current and future generations of chemists, giving them the chance to get to know Emil Fischer's life story.
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About the authors
David M. Behrman attended Ohio State (BS, 1980), Duke (MS, 1987), and the University of North Carolina (MS, 1996) and taught mathematics for 19 years at Somerset Community College in Somerset, Kentucky, before retiring in 2017. He studied German at the Goethe Institute (1979) on a summer fellowship from the DAAD, the German Academic Exchange Service, and he did some graduate work in chemistry at the University of Kentucky while on sabbatical leave (2005–06).
Edward J. Behrman was born on December 13, 1930. He holds a B. S., Yale, 1952; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1957; postdoctoral work at Harvard & Brown, 1957–1964. Asst. Professor, Biochemistry, Ohio State University, 1965. Edward J. Behrman was Associate Professor, 1967, was Professor, 1969–2005, and is Professor Emeritus, 2005–present.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Emil Fischer’s ‘’From My Life’’
Book Subtitle: English Translation of ‘’Aus Meinem Leben’’
Authors: David M. Behrman, Edward J. Behrman
Series Title: Springer Biographies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05156-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-05155-5Published: 15 August 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-05158-6Published: 16 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-05156-2Published: 13 August 2022
Series ISSN: 2365-0613
Series E-ISSN: 2365-0621
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 162
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Chemistry/Food Science, general, Enzymology