Ernst Otto Fischer
German chemist (1918-2007) · Germany · Scientists · Died at 88
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Something wrong?A German chemist who cracked open a new field - organometallic chemistry - and took home a Nobel Prize for showing how metals and carbon compounds could bond in ways no one had quite mapped before.
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24. Tagung 1974 Chemiker; Kaffeeempfang Hotel Tannenhof- E. Cremer, Ernst O. Fischer - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 101117
27. Tagung 1977 Chemiker; Maikäferrede- Am Mikrofon Ernst O. Fischer; Gruppe- H. Kienitz, ?, ?, Frau Hein, Vladimir Prelog, Feodor Lynen, dahinter Nik - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 108896b%2C_Ernst_O._Fischer%2C_Gerhard_Herzberg%2C_Lord_George_Porter_of_Luddenham%2C_-_LABW_-_Staatsarchiv_Freiburg_W_134_Nr._108862b.jpeg?width=1200)
27. Tagung 1977 Chemiker; Sitzreihen im Theater- Adolf Butenandt (angeschnitten), Ernst O. Fischer, Gerhard Herzberg, Lord George Porter of Luddenham, - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 108862bAwards
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Ernst Otto Fischer was born on 10 November 1918 in Germany. He built a career in chemistry that led him into uncharted molecular territory: the borderland where metals meet organic molecules. His pioneering work in organometallic chemistry - compounds that marry metal atoms to carbon-based structures - redrew the field's foundations and earned him the Nobel Prize. He continued working for decades after the award, and died on 23 July 2007.
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