Bernard Jaffe
Bernard Jaffe (born March 5, 1896 in New York City , † November 20, 1986 in Oak Bluffs (Massachusetts) ) was an American chemist, science historian and especially chemical historian.
Jaffe studied at the City College of New York with a bachelor's degree in 1916, was in 1918 as a lieutenant in France in World War I and then studied further at Columbia University with a master's degree in 1922. He was then a chemistry teacher at high schools in New York City and became known through some school books on chemistry (including New World of Chemistry with a strong historical orientation) and popular science books. Best known was his book Crucibles , The Biographies of Chemists, which first appeared in 1930 and was a bestseller. The book received the Francis Bacon Award from Forum Magazine and the Simon and Schuster publishing house.
He was long head of the physical sciences department of the New York City School System. He also wrote on science for the New York Times, the Herald Tribune, the Saturday Review of Literature, New Republic, and the Journal of Chemical Education. In 1973 he received the Dexter Award .
Fonts
- Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry from Ancient Alchemy to Nuclear Fission, Dover 1976
- Outposts of Science: A Journey to the Workshops of Our Leading Men of Research 1935
- Men of Science in America — The Story of American Science Told Through the Lives and Achievements of Twenty Outstanding Men From Earliest Colonial Times to the Present Day, 1944, 1958
- Michelson and the Speed of Light 1960
- Moseley and the Numbering of the Elements 1971
- Chemical Calculations 1926, 1947 (textbook)
- New World of Chemistry 1935 (textbook)
- Chemistry Creates a New World, 1957
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jaffe, Bernard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist, historian of science, and especially chemical historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 1986 |
| Place of death | Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts |