Die Experimentalchemie und ihre Protagonisten an der Universität Halle

The history of chemistry in Halle impressively demonstrates the modern leitmotif of verifiable experimentation. The old masters always passed on their inspirations and findings from experimental research to their students and thus stood for a development at the University of Halle that had already outgrown alchemy, medicine and pharmacy at an early stage and experienced a unique rise with personalities such as Richard Felix Marchand, Heinrich Wilhelm Heintz and the Liebig student Jacob Volhard. This tradition continued in the 20th century with focal points such as liquid crystals, polymerisation catalysis or stereochemistry and is told through its protagonists. A collection of links to digitised sources as well as an index of persons with biographical data make the book a reference work on a long underestimated Halle scientific culture. gnt-verlag.de/1140.