Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald
1853-1932
German Chemist, Philosopher and Color Theorist
Co-founder of the discipline of physical chemistry, Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) won the 1909 Nobel Prize in Chemistry...
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Ostwald, Wilhelm(1853–1932)
Wilhelm Ostwald was a German chemist, philosopher, and historian of science whose main scientific achievement was his pioneer work in physical chemistry, particularl...
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Around the turn of the twentieth century, Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald was responsible for organizing physical chemistry into a discipline distinct from organic chemistry. He wrote a basic textbook on th...
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Of German descent, Ostwald was born and raised in Riga in the Russian republic of Latvia. He studied chemistry and physics in Estonia, another Russian state, and earned his Ph.D. from the University o...
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Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald
Ostwald, Wilhelm (1853-1932)
Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald
Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald