Challenging Years:My Life in Chemistry by Karl Winnacker
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| Management number | 47435776 | Release Date | 2026/02/01 | List Price | $15.39 | Model Number | 47435776 | ||
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Challenging Years:My Life in Chemistry by Karl Winnacker.1972 1stEd/1stPrintingSidgwick&Jackson Ltd hardcover w/dj in good condition(blemishes on dj & book,see photos).Bk dimensions:9.50×6.50 ×1.50inch,2.0lb,440pg.Karl Winnacker (1903-1989) was a German chemist earning a doctorates with a thesis on"oxidation processes on motor fuels".He became chemical manager for IG Farben's Hoechst division(1933-1945).IG Farben was part of Germany's chemical company coalition to gain industrial power during WWI.In WWII,many Hoechst plants were destroyed by the RAF and the USAAF.The Nuremberg trials prosecuted many IG Farben managers for the company's affiliation with Auschwitz.All Hoechst managers were fired.Winnacker was exiled to the Tannus Mountains as a"gardener".This memoir recalls his early life,exile,and return to Hoechst as Chairman of Board Management,rebuilding it into an international giant.His founding of the"German Atomic Forum"advanced research on non-military nuclear energy technology
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