Erwin Chargaff (1905–2002)
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Chargaff, Erwin
- Geburtstag
- 1905-08-11
- Todestag
- 2002-06-20
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Österreich
- Geburtsort
- Czernowitz, Österreich-Ungarn
Czernowitz, Ukraine (heute) - Sterbeort
- New York, New York, USA
- Wohnorte
- Czernowitz, Österreich-Ungarn
Wien, Österreich-Ungarn
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Berlin, Deutschland
Paris, Frankreich
New York, New York, USA - Berufe
- Chemiker
Wissenschaftler
Professor
Schriftsteller - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- National Medal of Science (Biological Sciences, 1974)
Johann-Heinrich-Merck-Preis (1984)
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- Werke
- 26
- Mitglieder
- 136
- Beliebtheit
- #149,926
- Bewertung
- 4.1
- Rezensionen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 42
- Sprachen
- 3
- Favoriten
- 2
This biography, however, could not be much more different to those of Watson and Crick. It is less concerned with telling a story, or explaining scientific ideas, and more with a philosophic musing on the state of the world, science, and the human condition.
This book is not a translation, and Chargaff uses English with literary style, despite it not being his native tongue, and is rather quotable as a result. When he isn't being witty or sentimental, he is sardonic, a good example being his description of Crick and Watson, from when they met in Cambridge in 1952: “One, thirty five years old; the looks of a fading racing tout, something out of Hogarth's (“The Rake's Progress”)..... The other, quite underdeveloped at 23, a grin, more sly than sheepish.. “a gawky young figure, so reminiscent of one of those cobblers out of Nestroy's Lumpazivagabundus””. His life was not exceptionally interesting, except that he fled the Nazis to America, where he spent most of his career, and he did not get on well with people in general, but the quality of his thought more than compensates. He is a very readable writer, opinionated, and intellectually stimulating, and I would be happily surprised to find out if a better autobiography of a scientist exists.… (mehr)