Open AccessOld and New ' Anschauungen in der Anorganischen Chemie' A Homage to Alfred Werner's Book and Intuition: Part I. Alfred Werner's Book and Coordination Theory
Author(s) -
Heinz Berke
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.2009.541
Subject(s) - intuition , chemistry , citation , art history , philosophy , classics , library science , art , epistemology , computer science
Alfred Werner (1866-1919) is regarded as the founder of coordination chemistry. He was the author of the book entitled 'Neuere Anschauungen auf dem Gebiete der Anorganischen Chemie' (New Perspectives in Inorganic Chemistry) which guided generations of chemists in research and teaching. This book was recently awarded the 'Citation for Chemical Breakthrough' prize from the Division of the History of Chemistry of the American Chemical Society. This article is the first of three dedicated to Werner's life and works