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 J
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}