It is in writing that he advanced science as exemplified by his Classics of Exact Science, a series of reprints of important papers, and his founding of the Journal of Physical Chemsitry.
In his book Great Men, he investigated the psychological causes of scientific productivity. It is in writing that he advanced science as exemplified by his Classics of Exact Science, a series of reprints of important papers, and his founding of the Journal of Physical Chemsitry. His own work included giving the first modern definition of a catalyst and studies of reaction velocities that earned him the 1909 Nobel in Chemistry. FTP, name this contemporary of Arrhenius and van't Hoff best-known for inventing a method of converting ammonia to nitric acid.
In his book Great Men, he investigated the psychological causes of scientific productivity.
Wilhelm {Ostwald}