Abstract
PROF. EMIL FISCHER continues to put all chemists under an obligation to him by the re-publication, in collected form, of the series of remarkable investigations by which he has made the present Berlin school of chemistry famous for all time. These contributions to chemical literature are absolutely unique; in extent, in character, in originality and completeness, they are unparalleled. Not even Liebig, in his most forceful and prolific period, showed himself more able as a leader, more fruitful in directive ability, or more inspiring as a central controlli figure, than the present head of the most celebrated chemical laboratory of the world. The volume before us follows in quick succession that on the amino-acids, polypeptides, and proteins (1899–1906), and that on the investigations in the purin group (1882–1906). Collectively, these works constitute a monument more enduring than brass, and mark an epoch in the development of the science.
Untersuchungen über Kohlenhydrate und Fermente (1884–1908).
By Emil Fischer. Pp. viii + 912. (Berlin: Julius Springer, 1909.) Price 22 marks.
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T. Untersuchungen über Kohlenhydrate und Fermente (1884–1908). Nature 80, 485–486 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/080485a0
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