Albert Eschenmoser
Prizes are Good but Discoveries are Better
348 pp., 338 Figs., 39.80 €, doi: 10.47261/1569
(To be released on June 6, 2025)
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Description
(1925–2023), the brilliant Swiss chemist quietly composed an autobiography describing his six professional decades just “for the sake of its existence.”
Already as a PhD student at ETH Zurich, he discerned patterns in the biogenesis of terpenes. His passion for synthesis of very complex molecules culminated in the world famous “competitive collaboration” with R. B. Woodward’s group resulting in two total syntheses of Vitamin B₁₂.
Albert Eschenmoser asked questions like: How did life on Earth arise? Why did Nature choose the biomolecules we know? Clearly his vision went beyond synthesis—he pondered about fundamental issues following his conviction: “Life: perfectly commonplace and an everlasting miracle at the same time. Its emergence about four billion years ago … is the most significant chemical property of matter”. This reflects Eschenmoser’s unique stature among 20th century scientists.
Free sample 76 pp.
Cover
Table of contents
Preface 6 pp.
Index
Backcover
Supporting Material
Portrait picture(JPEG, 70 kB)
Full table of contents(PDF, 130 kB)
“Vitamin B₁₂ total synthesis” Wikipedia EntryApril 29, 2024
(PDF, 1.7 MB)
Albert Eschenmoser, Criegee-Gedenkvorlesung 2005, May 12, 2005 (external link)KIT Karlsruhe, Germany
Eschenmoser Symposium June 6, 2025, ETH Zurich: pdf flyer (115 kB)
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