My Life with Science (Lives in Chemistry – Lebenswerke in der Chemie: ISSN 2747-8696) - Hardcover

Ertl, Gerhard

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ISBN 10: 3862251314 ISBN 13: 9783862251315

Verlag: GNT Publishing GmbH, 2023

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Who has had the luck to receive the Nobel Prize as a surprise birthday present? The answer is Gerhard Ertl , born in 1936.

In his youth he was interested in music, chemistry, and physics, and started university in Stuttgart followed by Paris and Munich. The door to research opened itself in his diploma thesis. His courage showed itself early on when he was a PhD student, and led him to the novel field of surface science and so to heterogeneous catalysis where he became one of the great pioneers.

He discovered at an atomic level the mechanisms and kinetics of ammonia synthesis and CO oxidation. He identified the “active centers” of catalysts―and his line of thought shaped current heterogeneous catalysis that is so important for modern industry and society. Time after time he set out basic concepts for solving important scientific and technical problems―with patience and without any fuss. Typical for Gerhard Ertl!

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1986–2004 Director at the Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin. Pioneer of modern surface science and catalysis; single Noble awardee of chemistry in 2007 for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces.

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Lives in Chemistry – Lebenswerke in der Chemie

This series of autobiographies provides insights into the lives and thoughts of outstanding research scientists in the context of the times they lived in. What role does the continuous sequence of hypothesis, experiment, and interpretation play in top chemical research? What is the role of impulses from mentors, students, colleagues, and competitors? Successful scientists describe authentically and in a very personal way how innovation is created.

Edited by: Beirat der Fachgruppe Geschichte der Chemie in der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh).

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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: GNT Publishing GmbH
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3862251314
• ISBN 13: 9783862251315
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 196
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: GNT Publishing GmbH, Ralf Hahn; info@gnt-verlag.de; ; Lasiuszeile 2; Berlin; 13585; Deutschland