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Postcard from the German Emigration Service to Max Bredig, September 1937
- 1937-Sep-06
Postcard addressed to Max Bredig (1902-1977) from the German Emigration Services advertising various consultation services.
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Emigration and immigration
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Postcard to Max Bredig from Georg Bredig and Marianne Homburger, September 28, 1937
- 1937-Sep-28
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) wish Max Bredig (1902-1977) well as he departs Europe for the United States.
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, January 25, 1936
- 1936-Jan-25
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) discusses family and professional matters with his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977). He additionally mentions instances of antisemitism occurring in the scientific community as restrictions are…
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Third Reich, Jews, German, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, June 13, 1927
- 1927-Jun-13
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) gives professional advice to his son Max Bredig (1902-1977).
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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Letter from Hans Friedenthal to Georg Bredig
- 1899-Feb-11
Hans Friedenthal (1870-1943), a German physiologist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending his work on fermentation. Friedenthal describes his understanding of fermentation from a biological perspective and asks…
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Letter from Max Bredig to Georg Bredig, March 2, 1939
- 1939-Mar-02
Max Bredig (1902-1977) drafts a letter to his father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), in which he asks Georg to place flowers on the grave of his mother, Rosa Bredig, and provides updates on his professional life in the…
- Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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Letter from Max Bredig to Marianne Homburger, 1937
- Circa 1937
Max Bredig (1902-1977) congratulates his sister, Marianne Homburger (1903-1987), on her engagement to Viktor Homburger (1888-1968).
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Moore's Law at 40: Part 2
- 2005-May-13
Moore's Law at 40 was a symposium held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (now the Science History Institute) on May 12-13, 2005 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the creation and publication of Moore's Law. This…
- Creator Of Work Chemical Heritage Foundation
- Subject Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Moore, Gordon E., 1929-2023, Computers, Transistors, Technology, Moore's law
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Moore's Law at 40: Part 1
- 2005-May-12
Moore's Law at 40 was a symposium held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (now the Science History Institute) on May 12-13, 2005 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the creation and publication of Moore's Law. This…
- Creator Of Work Chemical Heritage Foundation
- Subject Moore, Gordon E., 1929-2023, Brooks, Rodney Allen, Robotics, Computers, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Technology, Moore's law
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Oral history interview with Ivan Maxwell Robinson
- 2001-Jan-24
Ivan Maxwell Robinson begins the interview with a discussion of his family life and education. He was born in the small village of Lakeville, Nova Scotia, where his father ran the general store, and his mother was a…
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Postcard from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, July 1918
- 1918-Jul-03
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), a Swedish chemist and the Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry in 1903, explains to his friend and colleague Georg Bredig (1868-1944) various calculations for an experiment that he recently…
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Oral history interview with Pradip Raychaudhuri
- 1997-Nov-01 – 1997-Nov-02
Pradip Raychaudhuri grew up in Calcutta (Kolkata), India, the oldest of seven children. His father was a pharmacist, his mother a housewife. As a youngster he played cricket and soccer and followed the professional…
- Interviewee Raychaudhuri, Pradip, 1958-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Raychaudhuri, Pradip, 1958-, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Enzymology, Cancer--Research, Antioncogenes, Proteins--Research, Drug resistance in cancer cells, Emigration and immigration
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, July 1890
- 1890-Jul-02
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), a Swedish chemist and the Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry in 1903, explains to his friend and colleague Georg Bredig (1868-1944) his method for obtaining mathematical calculations for an…
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Letter from István Bugarszky to Georg Bredig, March 1897
- 1897-Mar-31
In a letter to Georg Bredig (1868-1944), István Bugarszky (1868-1941), a Hungarian physical chemist, describes his research using electrometric and analytical methods to determine the coexisting quantities of ions at…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Bugarszky, István, 1868-1941
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bugarszky, István, 1868-1941
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Nanometers and Gigabucks
- Gordon E. Moore, Intel Corporation
- 1996-Jan-26
Filmed for the Leaders in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series XII, this talk from Gordon E. Moore (1929-2023) covers the history and future of the semiconductor industry (as of…
- Producer University Video Communications
- Creator Of Work Moore, Gordon E., 1929-2023
- Subject Semiconductors, Moore, Gordon E., 1929-, Intel Corporation, Integrated circuits, Computers--History
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Science and Disability Oral History Project
What makes a person “disabled”? Is it a physical, cognitive, or emotional impairment that is manifested in that person’s body, or is it the presence of barriers and the absence of accommodations in society and the…
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Letter from Richard Adolf Zsigmondy to Georg Bredig, October 1905
- 1905-Oct-23
In a letter to Georg Bredig (1868-1944), the Austrian chemist, Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865-1929), discusses his recent work in the field of colloidal chemistry. In 1925, Zsigmondy was awarded the Nobel Prize in…
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Letter from Paul Walden to Georg Bredig, December 1899
- 1899-Dec-31 – 1900-Jan-02
Paul Walden (1863-1957), a German-Latvian chemist known for his work in stereochemistry, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending his treatise "Ueber anorganische Fermente" ("On Inorganic Ferments"). Walden…
- Author Walden, Paul, 1863-1957
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Fermentation, Walden, Paul, 1863-1957
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Postcard from F. Rosner to Georg Bredig, April 1901
- 1901-Apr-30
A colleague thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for an announcement.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Letter from Alfred Stern to Georg and Rosa Bredig, November 1921
- 1921-Nov-25
Alfred Stern, a historian in Zurich, thanks Georg and Rosa Bredig for congratulating him on his birthday.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Stern, Alfred, 1846-1936
- Subject Stern, Alfred, 1846-1936, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Postcard from Richard Willstätter to Georg Bredig, January 1921
- 1921-Jan-30
Richard Willstätter (1872-1942), a German organic chemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1915, offers to send Georg Bredig (1868-1944) a copy of a dissertation on catalase.
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9 itemsExhibitions
The Alchemical Quest
Select digitized items from the exhibition, The Alchemical Quest, on view in our Hach gallery from July 2 to December 31, 2012.
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Medical Jurisprudence
- 1899-Nov-30
A chromolithograph print of Dr. Thomas Stevenson (1838-1908), an English toxicologist and forensic chemist, by A.G. Witherby for Vanity Fair, November 30, 1899.
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Pin From 8th International Congress of Applied Chemistry
- 1912-Sep
Bronze and lacquer pin with a blue satin ribbon. The body of the pin features an eagle holding a square shield painted to resemble the American flag. Ribbons with text surround the shield, and two circles showing each…
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Vuvuzela from the 2010 FIFA World Cup
- 2010
White plastic horn-shaped noise maker used by cheering fans at the 2010 Fifa World Cup held in South Africa. The vuvuzela is handpainted in multiple colors with acrylic paint. The horn's bell is decorated with the South…