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Hermann Staudinger and the Future of Polymer Research Jubilees—Beloved Occasions for Cultural Piety
Author(s) -
Ringsdorf Helmut
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200330071
Subject(s) - staudinger reaction , theme (computing) , classics , philosophy , history , chemistry , computer science , organic chemistry , operating system
Chemistry was his life , but Hermann Staudinger's dreams belonged to biology and to the unity of chemistry and biology. That is the central theme of this Essay, which, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the award of the Nobel Prize to Hermann Staudinger, discusses the significance of Staudinger's discoveries for the biosciences, not only retrospectively, but deliberately also prospectively. General questions of science ethics and the interplay of research, politics, and responsibility are also considered.