Publisher's Synopsis
One hundred years have passed since the death of August Wilhelm Hofmann, the founder of modern chemistry and the first president of the German Chemical Society.
This book has been published in commemoration of Hofmann. Fascinating contributions by distinguished chemists and historians give a multifaceted portrait of this renowned chemist. Moreover, they describe Hofmann′s influence on the development of modern macromolecular, pharmaceutical, synthetic, and dyestuffs chemistry.
