Rudolf Hoppe – A Life Committed to Chemistry

Rejoinder to Hoppe on Indifference

Indifference can never be demonstrated by action. Quite the contrary. Every action necessarily signifies a choice, and every choice signifies a definite preference. Action specifically implies the contrary of indifference. . . . If a person is really indifferent between two alternatives, then he cannot and will not choose between them. Indifference is therefore never relevant for action and can...

Guide to the Rudolf Hermann

An account of the Air Force Material Command cold war context.(1945-1991). Command Lineage, Scientific Achievement and Major Tenant Missions. CD and hard copy of pertinent pages. Series 5 Dayton 1945-1950 Location 5.03 Document Title Keeping the Edge, Volume II Date Aug 2003 Author Weitze, Karen Source Hqrs. Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB Abstract An account of the Air Force M...

From Matter to Life : Chemistry ? !

In the beginning was the Big Bang, and physics reigned. Then chemistry came along at milder temperatures; particles formed atoms; these united to give more and more complex molecules, which in turn associated into organized aggregates and membranes, defining primitive cells out of which life emerged. CHEMISTRY is the science of matter and of its transformations, and LIFE is its highest expressi...

Rudolf Virchow

Virchow was one of the 19th century’s foremost leaders in medicine and pathology. He was also a public health activist, social reformer, politician, and anthropologist. Virchow was the only child of a farmer and city treasurer in Schivelbein, Germany. He had a strong interest in natural science. In 1839, he received a scholarship from the Prussian Military Academy, where he was given the opport...

A conversation with Rudolf Jaenisch.